s our #RightsInAction project makes clear - poverty is a breach of our human rights.

It's great that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is now in Scots Law.

Now we'll work with our members and others to make those rights a reality. #UNCRC

https://www.povertyalliance.org/rights-in-action/

Conservatives completely forgetting about children's rights, an international treaty:

"Common sense Conservatives are committed to ensuring that parents are the final authority on the values and lessons that should be taught to children. We believe in parental rights, and parental rights come before the government’s rights."

https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/conservative-mp-tells-non-binary-parent-he-opposes-imposing-contrary-values-on-children/

#UNCRC #childrensrights

Imprisoning A Child is A ‘Flagrant Violation’ Of The Law, Yet Police Freely Violate The Law, 77% Of Detentions In UP

Despite the Supreme Court calling the detention of children ‘a flagrant violation of the law’, right-to-information data reveals at least 79 such detentions, 61 from Uttar Pradesh alone over five years. Juvenile justice law clearly says that no child in conflict with the law can be placed in a police lock-up or jail.

#ChildImprisonment #ChildRights #ChildAbuse #IllegalDetentions #prisons #policing #law #justice #UttarPradesh #haryana #delhi #CAA #JuvenileJusticeAct #NCPCR #NHRC #UNCRC #HumanRights #RTI #india

https://article-14.com/post/imprisoning-a-child-is-a-flagrant-violation-of-the-law-yet-police-freely-violate-the-law-77-of-detentions-in-up-64d2f3a3c833b

Scotland's top law officer, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC, has ordered a review of how diversion from prosecution is used in sex crime cases.

A key factor to cases like these is that the alleged perpetrator is often a child as are those affected - i.e. all teenagers. The #UNCRC is relevant to under 18s.

CW: contains complainers/victims/survivors and their advocates mentioning rape and sexual assault.
#Law #Criminology #Victims #YouthJustice #HumanRights #Scotland
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66203694

It's a year since we published the #OneChanceToBeAChild #wellbeing data profile for #NovaScotia. It was a labour of love by a dedicated team from #DalHPI & #DalhousieU #Pediatrics devoted to improve #ChildWellbeing. But has it? Time will tell...

#UNCRC
#ChildRights
ChildHealth
#OneChanceNS

https://www.onechancens.ca/

Just published a new post at NetFamilyNews about #ChildRights by Design, a game-changing new resource and toolkit for Internet cos. creating spaces where youth work, play & socialize: https://www.netfamilynews.org/gamechanger-child-rights-by-design Many such cos. are based in the US, the only country on the planet that hasn't ratified the UN convention on child rights. This game-changing resource provides entry points
#childrensrights #youthvoice #participation #agency #onlinesafety #dataprivacy #HX #uxdesign #internetsafety #UNCRC

@rbreich Also inhumane is the fact that the US is the only #UnitedNations member (actually the only country on the planet) that hasn't ratified the UN Convention on the #Rights of the Child. #UNCRC #ChildrensRights

My question on #TheRestIsPolitice podcast, discussed today:
100 yrs ago #EglantyneJebb drafted the pioneering statement of children’s rights that became the #UNCRC.
Now 200 asylum-seeking children have ‘disappeared’ from #HomeOffice commissioned hotels.
Where is the outrage? What’s being done?
Thank you to #AlaisterCampbell & #RoryStewart

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-politics/id1611374685?i=1000597643818

Met with Mikiko Otani, Chair #UNCRC. I reaffirmed 🇪🇺 commitment to the protection of children who fled 🇺🇦: our constant focus has been the protection of the most vulnerable, and notably children - unaccompanied, separated children, and children from institutions. #EUChildRights

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/dubravkasuica/status/1618652909260128256

#academicmastodon thinking about the power of children’s voice and how non-verbal students views are considered in schools? Any research anyone knows of? #pupilvoice #childrensrights #UNICEF #uncrc #research

New article: "Litigating Climate Change before the Committee on the Rights of the Child in 'Sacchi v Argentina et al.': Breaking New Ground?" by Yusra Suedi. Nordic Journal of Human Rights:
https://doi.org/10.1080/18918131.2022.2160093
#humanrights
#ChildrensRights
#climatechange
#ClimateLitigation
#uncrc
#SacchiCase

#EduTwitter #uncrc

So just in case video games are not caught by the #DSA (as well as the Directive on Supply of Digital Content), the European parliament has just approved a draft report on video games. This is from the Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee. This seems to build on work done on #LootBoxes as well as #AddictiveDesign. Main focus is protection of children, with ref to #UNCRC. Does acknowledge in passing some benefits too of video games.
Here's the link- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/plmrep/COMMITTEES/IMCO/PR/2022/12-12/1250484EN.pdf

Adults wield so much #power over #children. Often unintentionally.
A #ChildRights approach seeks to level out some of the power imbalance & create space for children to be active #participants.
It’s beautiful to watch when adults actively & respectfully #listen to children.
#UNCRC #GoBlue #NationalChildDay #ChildrensRights

Here goes with my #introduction:

I am a deputy head #teacher, just outside #London. Passionate believer in the #UNCRC and following #unicef #rightsrespecting schools programme. #British #Welsh and #Austrian and very much #European. Married to an #Italian one son studying #opera another at #leidenuniv in #thehague & crazy #springerspaniel. #politics grad still a news junkie. I despair at the current state of #ukpolitics and worry for the future of the #climate. Teach #kindness in all things.

36 hours @ #COP27 totally worth it. #UNCRC @UNChildrights