Last chance to apply for the best legal job in Scotland, to be at the leading edge of developing and advancing children's rights law in Scotland. Please check out the vacancy we have for a Legal Officer (Solicitor). A genuinely unique career opportunity.

Last chance to apply to the most exciting legal job in Scotland, to be at the leading edge of developing and advancing children's rights law. Please check out the vacancy we have for a Legal Officer (Solicitor). A genuinely unique career opportunity.

Sport can help realise a range of children’s rights. Commissioner Nicola spent an evening with children at Musselburgh Windsor FC. Thanks for having us! Read more: bit.ly/4oYFEXy

Big week for our Young Advisor Robert! 🌍 He’s at the UN in Geneva representing Western Europe. Tomorrow he’ll speak on the right to education, sharing insights from two years of work with the Commissioner & children across Scotland.🇺🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Opening the session at the UN, Ms Nada al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said to the 5 children: “Your participation is not symbolic but essential.” We completely agree & are proud to support children to be heard in places of power.

Here we go! After weeks of planning, Young Advisor Robert addresses the UN today. He is representing Western Europe & is one of five children speaking for their peers from all over the world. He’ll be talking about the right to education, updates to come. Good luck, Robert!

🇺🇳 And that’s a wrap! Young Advisor Robert participated in a UN discussion about the right to education. We are so proud of him, and proud that we have supported him to have his voice heard at the epicentre of human rights. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Read more : bit.ly/461AiSC

Our Young Advisor Robert made history as 1 of 5 children globally adressing the UN in Geneva, the first time UN Human Rights Council | #HRC60 involved children in treaty-drafting. Speaking on free education & educational barriers he said: “I wasn’t just there to tick a box.” 👉 bit.ly/41D1sxX

Our new paper, 'Bad apples or bad barrels? Preventing the misuse of restraint and seclusion with vulnerable children' is published in the British Journal of Special Education today nasenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Speaking today at @commonsed & @commonsworkpen, the Commissioner talked about the impact of child poverty, positive progress Scottish Government has made & what more could be done. We also urged the UK Government to scrap the two-child limit, which would pull 20,000 children in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 out of poverty.

New research by our office, SAMH & Young Scot shows not enough is being done on mental health. @ScotGov accepted Youth Commission on Mental Health Services recommendations, but 6 years on, lack of info means young people feel little change. Read: bit.ly/3KhwSUD

From Scotland to Geneva! Our Young Advisor Robert took children’s voices to the UN on the #RightToEducation, speaking as 1 of only 5 children invited globally 🌎 — a first for UN Human Rights Council | #HRC60 treaty-drafting. What was it like? Read his blog: bit.ly/3IdsYvB

Tomorrow Scottish Parliament debates the SPCB Landscape Review and we welcome the Committee’s report and scrutiny which has reasserted the value and ongoing need for the office of the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland. Read our full briefing: bit.ly/4n4Ib11

Our Head of Legal, Nick Hobbs on treatment of child footballers: “The underlying issue here, and it always has been, is that the clubs principally view these children as economic assets and have rules and processes in place which allow them to be monetised. That SFA has made

Should schools record and report on the use of restraint and seclusion? We'll start taking evidence on proposals from Daniel Johnson MSP at 9am tomorrow. We'll hear from @enable_tweets, Kate Sanger, National Autistic Society Scotland, @bild_tweets, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland and Restraint Reduction Network.

Commissioner Nicola Killean speaks at Education, Children and Young People Committee today on the Restraint & Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill. We support Daniel Johnson MSP Bill and call for statutory, human-rights-based guidance on restraint/seclusion. Read more: bit.ly/47Yxo3W

The Scottish FA and SPFL appeared Health, Social Care and Sport Committee yesterday, and made concessions in the long-running issue of the treatment of youth footballers. Our response: bit.ly/46G4R0M

Great to see the UN spotlighting young people’s voices—including our Young Advisor Robert, one of only five children invited to speak in Geneva—on why early childhood care and pre-primary education must be recognised as part of the right to education. bit.ly/4nn5LGt

First of the bill evidence sessions for #CalumsLaw. My friend and colleague Kate Sanger gave evidence with a fantastic team of supporters. Thankyou Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland Restraint Reduction Network ❤️👑

#CalumsLaw is desperately needed to protect Scotlands most vulnerable children. tes.com/magazine/news/…