UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 - part 3: statutory guidance

Annex B. List of links

3.2 Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessments

• Non-statutory guidance on taking a children’s human rights approach
• Child rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA) guidance and templates

4. Reporting duties of listed authorities

• Non-statutory guidance on taking a children’s human rights approach

4.2 Developing baseline information

• A guide to special protections that children merit under UK GDPR
• A guide to lawful basis for processing personal data
• The Promise Data Map
• A guide to purpose limitation
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - General Comment 5
• An explanation of general comments
• United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s (CRC) Reporting guidelines
• United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s (CRC) Concluding Observations on the UK State Party report (2023)
• A guide to special category data
• Guidance on the principles of lawfulness, fairness and transparency
• A guide to data minimisation
• Schedule to the UNCRC Act

4.3 Consultation and engagement

• Non-statutory guidance on taking a children’s human rights approach
• Guidance on children and young people’s participation in decision-making

4.4 Preparation for reporting

• UNICEF’s guide to the UNCRC clusters
• Non-statutory guidance on taking a children’s human rights approach
• Children Services Planning Guidance

4.5 Requirement to produce a child-friendly report

• Schedule to the UNCRC Act
• Non-statutory guidance on taking a children’s human rights approach

4.6 Potential links to other reports or plans

• Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 - Part 3
• Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 - Part 9

5. Publication requirements of reports

• Glow Connect – Scotland’s digital learning platform

Annex A. Frameworks for children’s rights reporting

• Scottish Children’s rights position statement
• United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Cluster Approach to UNCRC Articles

A.1 UNCRC Clusters approach

• UNICEF - CRC Clusters

A.2 Wellbeing approach: using the GIRFEC wellbeing indicators

• SHANARRI wellbeing indicators
• Children’s Rights Legislation in Scotland: A Quick Reference Guide
• GIRFEC resources home page
• Children’s Health Scotland’s training on UNCRC and healthcare rights

A.3 Further approaches and considerations

• The Right Way: Children’s rights approach from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales

A.4 External resources on accessibility

• Communicating with people from Mencap
• Developing inclusive communication from Sensory Trust
• Accessible information and communication discrimination guide from the Disability Justice Project
• Practical Guide to Including Seldom-Heard Children and Young People in Decision-Making from Barnardo’s
• Apps to support those with complex additional support needs from Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights)
• Scotland’s Inclusive Communication Hub from Disability Equality Scotland and Sense Scotland
• Easy Read Information and Guidance from Disability Equality Scotland
• Resources from Enquire, the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning
• Principles of Inclusive Communication: An information and self-assessment tool for public authorities from Scottish Government
• Guidance on supporting children from birth to seven years to participate from Strathclyde University
• Meaningful Participation of Children and Young People - Principles and Guidelines from Children in Scotland
• Guidance on creating accessible documents and websites from Disability Information Scotland
• Guidance on publishing accessible documents from the UK Government