Looking at Human Rights Through a Multicultural Lens

Looking at Human Rights Through a Multicultural Lens

This blog post was written by a young person we have worked with. She wanted to share the importance of thinking about how many cultures might have different approaches to human rights and highlight the value of taking multicultural approaches. Human rights are seen...
Updates in the Law: Changes to Children’s Justice

Updates in the Law: Changes to Children’s Justice

The Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 – Changes to Children’s Justice Having received royal assent in June 2024, the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 effects important changes to how children are cared for and treated in our criminal and...
Report: Access to Justice

Report: Access to Justice

We have just published our report on Access to Justice! The Scottish Child Law Centre, has found that there are significant barriers to children accessing justice when their rights have been breached. Poverty is preventing children and families from realising their...
What is ‘Justice’ in Child Law?

What is ‘Justice’ in Child Law?

When asked to write an article for the Scottish Child Law Centre about the current barriers to Justice from a Child Law perspective it was a little daunting! Would there not be a short case I could summarise instead? However, this topic is extremely important as we...
Why We Need the Scottish Human Rights Bill Now

Why We Need the Scottish Human Rights Bill Now

Last week the Scottish Government chose to drop its promise of introducing a new Human Rights Bill. Yesterday we joined over 100 organisations in expressing our disappointment in the Scottish government, as we believe that this bill is a crucial step in addressing the...
Lottery funding supports Scottish Child Law Centre

Lottery funding supports Scottish Child Law Centre

Originally posted on Scottish Legal News. The Scottish Child Law Centre has been awarded £25,000 in funding thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery. The award is timely given the increased demand for the centre’s services and a growing complexity of cases. Last...