School of Social Work & Social Policy
Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ) adapts 'Rights Respecting' work for a younger audience
We鈥檙e excited to announce that we鈥檝e adapted our 2020 report calling for 鈥榬ights respecting鈥� reform to Scotland鈥檚 youth justice system into a version for younger readers, giving them an understanding of the issues and challenges around Scotland鈥檚 youth justice system.
was at the University of 欧美高清鈥檚 Kilbrandon Lecture in January. The report is the first of its kind to translate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scottish specific actions to improve policy, practice and experience in youth justice, based on Scotland鈥檚 commitment to incorporate the UNCRC into domestic law by 2021.
, the child-friendly version of the report was designed in collaboration with young people from the CYCJ and Staf led project.
We would be grateful if you could share this version of the report with the children and young people you know and work with.
The child friendly version of the report is currently available in a digital format. Please get in touch with us if you think your organisation, or the child/young person you know, would benefit from having a hard copy.
To mark the report鈥檚 publication, a 鈥楻ights Respecting鈥� Symposium on January 31 brought together a panel of youth justice leaders to discuss the key themes and challenges, learning points and next steps to be taken. A note of this event is . You can also read for her thoughts on keeping the momentum of rights respecting change going during the coronavirus pandemic.
If you have any queries or feedback, please don鈥檛 hesitate to get in touch