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Improving the Lives of Children in Scotland - are we there yet?: Findings from National Seminars: January - February 2009

DescriptionSummary Report of Consultation Seminars on SG action plan in response to UN Committee Concluding Observations
ISBN (Web Only)
Official Print Publication Date
Website Publication DateMay 01, 2009

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ISBN 978 0 7559 9000 9 (Web only publication)

This document is also available in pdf format (376k)

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Participants

3. Findings from the seminars - cross-cutting issues

4. Priorities in each area:
1) Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child ( UNCRC)
2) Participation and equality
3) Children's rights and freedoms (to be a child)
4) Family life and children in care
5) Health and wellbeing
6) The rights of disabled children
7) Education and play
8) Children seeking asylum, refugees and child trafficking
9) Youth justice

5. Concluding remarks

This report was prepared by Theresa Casey on behalf of SACR, April 2009

The full text of the UN Committee's recommendations (the Concluding Observations) can be found downloaded by following this link: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/AdvanceVersions/CRC.C.GBR.CO.4.pdf

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