Community work
Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)
Together are an alliance of Scottish children's charities that works to improve the awareness, understanding and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Together worked with Human Rights Officer Natalie to develop a clear and accessible tool to support their members with Children's Rights Impact Assessments. The tool will also be useful for duty bearers, and support a wider understanding of Impact Assessments.
What we made
A brief video explaining:
- what Child Rights (wellbeing) Impact Assessments (CRIA/CRWIA) are;
- who should be undertaking them;
- why they should be undertaken (even if there is not a legal duty to do so); and
- how they should be done.
A simplified tool/template version of CRIA modelled around the FAIR framework which:
- asks the same questions but in a streamlined way using plain language;
- links throughout to relevant examples/resources;
- provides a quick and easy form to fill in that asks the same things without the need to input lots of substantive legal text setting out details of each right; and
- focusing be on capturing the impact of policies/decisions on children.
An easy-to-use resource highlighting which rights are at stake which:
- maps the rights in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to the Articles in the Human Rights Act.
Have you used this guide?
If you like these tools and they have helped you or someone you support, we want to hear from you! You can email your feedback or stories about using the guides to Helen on hwalden@bihr.org.uk.
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