It’s time to incorporate child rights!

The Human Rights Consortium Scotland was a signatory to a letter to the Minister for Children and Young People, Maree Todd MSP asking her to confirm a date when a consultation on a bill that will incorporate the UNCRC into Scots law will be published.

Written by Together: Scottish Alliance on Children’s Rights, the letter also reiterates the call for the Bill to be introduced in this parliamentary session.  The letter concludes:

‘International experience shows us that incorporation makes a real tangible difference to children and young people’s experience of their rights.  It sparks a culture change that affects legislation, policy and practice, raising awareness and respect of children as rights-holders and ensuring that the UNCRC is at the heart of decisions made at a local and national level.’

You can read the letter in full here.

 

 

 

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