Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022-2026 - annex 8: children's rights and wellbeing impact assessment
Results of our children's rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA) on the policy development of Best Start, Bright Futures: the second tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026.
1. Which articles of the UNCRC does this policy/measure impact on?
Realising Scotland's Ambition for Families impacts upon several articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (see annex 1):
Article 2: non-discrimination
Article 3: best interest to be a primary consideration
Article 4: implementation of the convention
Article 6: life, survival, and development
Article 12: respect for the views of the child
Article 18: parental responsibilities and State's assistance
Article 20: right to special protection
Article 24: right to health and health services
Article 25: right to be safe and happy of outside the home
Article 26: right to social security
Article 27: right to adequate standard of living
Article 28: right to education
Article 31: right to leisure, play and participation in cultural and artistic activities
For a simplified version of the UNCRC articles: UNCRC Articles Archive - The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland (cypcs.org.uk)
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Email: TCPU@gov.scot
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