Applying the CRC to policy and practice: The Scottish experience – Useful Links

Children and Young People’s Commission, Scotland (CYPCS) Links

Children and Young People’s Commission, Scotland webpage

Information on the Commissioner and his role

The Commission's current work on incorporation of the UNCRC

The Commission’s work on the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility

Equally Protected? A review of the evidence on the physical punishment of children

Commission’s policy work on Equal Protection

Adamson, B. (2017). “Children’s rights and physical punishment”. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, July 2017

4 UK Commissioners’ report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child 2020

Children’s version of report

CYPCS 2019-20 Annual Report

Links relating to the UN, the Convention and reporting process

Convention on the Rights of the Child

General Comment 24 on children's rights in juvenile justice system

Links relating to work and activities in Scotland

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Scotland) Bill

Our Hearings, Our Voices website: An independent children and young people’s board for the Children’s Hearings System

Young Inspection Volunteers webpage on Move On Scotland, an organisation that works with vulnerable young people and people affected by homelessness to help them unlock their untapped potential

Other links

CHILDREN OF THE INTERVENTION - Aboriginal Children Living in the Northern Territory of Australia report

#CovidUnder19 Global survey

Taefi, N. (2009) “The Synthesis of Age and Gender: Intersectionality, International Human Rights Law and the Marginalisation of the Girl-Child”. International Journal of Children’s Rights, 17 (3), 345-376

European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) website