Taking a children's human rights approach: guidance

Annex C.

List of links

1.3 How is the guidance to be used?

Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)

#KeepThePromise

1.4 How was the guidance developed?

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC): Embedding Children’s Rights in Public Services Guidance Sub-Group

2.2 Children’s Rights

What kind of Scotland? Children Influencing Scotland’s Future - Children’s Parliament (2017)

2.3 What is the UNCRC?

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

2.5 What are the Optional Protocols of the UNCRC?

Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict

Optional Protocol on a communications procedure

2.6 What rights do children have under the UNCRC?

UNCRC Articles Archive - The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland

2.7 Progressive Realisation, Maximum Available Resources and Non Regression

Economic, social and cultural rights

2.8 Sources to aid interpretation

UN Human Rights Office (ohchr.org)

The time is now (Children’s Parliament and the UNCRC) - YouTube Video

General Comment 5

General Comment 12

General Comment 14

General Comment 19

General Comment 24

General Comments | OHCHR

UN Treaty Body Database

Combined sixth and seventh periodic reports submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland under article 44 of the Convention

Scotland’s ‘to do’ list - Together’s Child Friendly version of the Concluding Observations (2023)

Scotland’s Human Rights Defenders at the UNCRC Day of General Discussion 2018

Days of general discussion | OHCHR

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure

3.2 Children’s rights in existing Scottish legislation and policy

Children (Scotland) Act 1995

Children (Scotland) Act 2020

Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

3.3 UNCRC (Incorporation)(Scotland) Act

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

3.5 UNCRC Implementation Programme and support for public authorities

Progressing the Human Rights of Children in Scotland: An Action Plan 2021-2024 - Progressing the human rights of children in Scotland: action plan 2021 to 2024

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Implementation: Embedding in Public Services Group

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC): Embedding Children’s Rights in Public Services Guidance Sub-Group

4.2.1 Decision making

Supporting documents - Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment guidance

4.2.2 Budget allocation

Early intervention and prevention - Children, Young People and Families Early Intervention and Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund evaluation: final report

General comment No. 19 (2016) on public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights (art. 4)

Best Value: revised statutory guidance 2020

Children and South Africa’s Budget

Budget brief series 2022 - Budget allocation and spending on children in South Africa

4.3 Equality and non-discrimination

The Right Way: a children’s rights approach in Wales

Purpose of the document - Principles of Inclusive Communication: An information and self-assessment tool for public authorities

Definition of inclusive communication - Principles of Inclusive Communication: An information and self-assessment tool for public authorities

Principles of Inclusive Communication: An information and self-assessment tool for public authorities

The Lundy Model Explained

A Practical Guide to Including Seldom-Heard Children and Young People in Decision-Making

About ‘Rights Right Now!’

‘Rights Right Now!’ - Full report

European Commission - Creating child-friendly versions of written materials

4.4 Empowering children

Article 42

The Right Way: a children’s rights approach in Wales

UNCRC guide for parents, carers and families

Article 12

Make It Right - Children’s rights campaign in North Lanarkshire

The campaign: Make It Right | North Lanarkshire Council

Children’s rights | Parent Club

Progressing the human rights of children in Scotland: 2018-2021 action plan

Young Scot Corporate - Activate Your Rights resources

Young Scot Corporate - Partners - resources

4.5 Participation

Article 12

General Comment 12 (Paragraph 134)

Co-Design Blueprint

Young Scot Corporate - Activate Your Rights resources

7 Golden rules for participation - The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland

A Practical Guide to Including Seldom-Heard Children and Young People in Decision-Making

Progressing the human rights of children in Scotland: 2018-2021 action plan

Lundy Model of Child Participation

Participation Framework

Mid-Term Review and Phase Two Action Plan of the National Strategy on Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision-Making, 2015-2020

Hart’s Ladder of Participation

Treseder’s Degrees of Participation

Shier’s Pathway to Participation

Voice of the Infant: best practice guidelines

How to be a good adult - CV/Job description

Participation Framework - Spectrum of Participation: Inform

Participation Framework - Spectrum of Participation: Consult

Participation Framework - Spectrum of Participation: Involve

Participation Framework - Spectrum of Participation: Collaborate

Participation Framework - Spectrum of Participation: Delegate

Summary of the panel discussion on the adverse impact of climate change on States’ efforts to realize the rights of the child and related policies, lessons learned and good practices

Climate Changemakers! Impact Report by Childrens Parliament (2022)

The Right Way: a children’s rights approach in Wales

4.6.1 Child friendly complaints

Child Friendly Complaints pilot process

In defence of tokenism? Children’s right to participate in collective decision-making

4.6.2 Advocacy and the UNCRC

Acknowledgements - Advocacy in the children’s hearings system - national practice model: guidance

Children’s advocacy guidance

Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance

What is independent advocacy? - Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance

Independent Advocacy Principles, Standards and Code of Best Practice.

The Promise

My Rights, My Say - Advocacy support for children

Enquire – the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning

5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty

Public Sector Equality Duty

Equality Act 2010: guidance

Fairer Scotland Duty: guidance for public bodies

5.2 National Performance Framework

National Performance Framework

National Indicator Performance | National Performance Framework

Child Social and Physical Development | National Performance Framework

Child Wellbeing and Happiness | National Performance Framework

Children’s Voices | National Performance Framework

Healthy Start | National Performance Framework

Quality of Children’s Services | National Performance Framework

Children have positive relationships | National Performance Framework

Child Material Deprivation | National Performance Framework

5.4 Children’s Services Plans

Children’s services planning: guidance

Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

5.5 Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017

Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017

Additional information - Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026

Every child, every chance: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2018-2022

5.6 Examples of specific relevant policy areas

Convention on the Rights of the Child | UNICEF

Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)

5.6.2 The Promise

Ministerial Foreword by the Deputy First Minister - Keeping the Promise implementation plan

Annex A: Case studies: taking a children’s human rights approach

A.1 First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Health and Education Chamber (Additional Support Needs)

Addressing trauma and adversity | Resources | YoungMinds

Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland - 11th Annual Report

Guidance to Tribunal Members | First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Health and Education Chamber)

A.2 The Right to Non-discrimination: LGBT Inclusivity in Education

Time for Inclusive Education (TIE)

LGBT Inclusive Education | National Platform

A.3 Engaging with children to improve policymaking – GIRFEC refreshed guidance

GIRFEC principles and values - Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)

GIRFEC resources - Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)

Wellbeing (SHANARRI) - Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)

6. The Wellbeing Indicators (SHANARRI) - Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) Practice Guidance 1 - Using the National Practice Model

A.4 Accessible play for disabled children

Supporting disabled children, young people and their families: guidance

Refurbishment of play parks

Free to Play: A guide to creating accessible and inclusive public play spaces (2018)

A.5 Supporting young Traveller communities’ access more inclusive education

Improving educational outcomes for children and young people from travelling cultures report (Dec 2018)

A.6 Children’s Hearings Scotland and the Trauma Informed Approach

Trauma-informed practice: toolkit

B. Top tips for developing easy read communication

Creating child-friendly versions of written documents: A guide (europa.eu)