Getting it Right for Young Gypsies/Roma/Travellers

Draft human rights charter on the rights of young Gypsy/Roma/Travellers. Developed by young Gypsy/Roma/Traveller people from Scotland, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Spain; Getting it Right for Young Gypsies/Roma/Travellers is a DRAFT common statement, translated into eleven languages including Romanes, on the rights of young Roma people.

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ROCK the UNCRC! - GET INVOLVED

Rights of the Child UK (Rock) is a coalition working for the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law. ROCK is calling on children and young people to support the ROCK campaign Click here for more information.

A new era of EU policies for youth
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UNCRC:

Do the Right Thing: the Scottish Government has released its response to the UN Committee's Concluding Observations. Click here to download a copy of the report.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has released its Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the State of children and young people's rights in the UK.

The report highlights a number of areas where the UK Government is failing to make rights a reality for all children and young people. Subjects covered include: Child Poverty, Juvenille Justice, including ASBOs in relation to freedom of assembly rights, Mental Health, Discrimination of Roma and Gypsy/Travellers, Asylum, Corporal Punishment, LGBT Youth, Looked After children and young people, Participation Rights: the right to voice an opinion, and have that opinion taken into account.

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*I WITNESS: THE UNCRC IN SCOTLAND

Young people from across Scotland telling it like it is!

Young people's views on Discrimination, Participation, Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Health, Looked After Children and Young People and Education: Article 12 in Scotland's alternative report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, a response to the UK Government's latest periodic report. A group of five young people from Article 12 in Scotland, who have been working on this project for almost two years, presented this report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (Geneva).

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Click here to download a PDF copy of I WITNESS: THE UNCRC IN SCOTLAND.

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If you prefer an audio version Click here to download our podcasts which include
a summary of our report and further information on the UNCRC and the Concluding Observations.