The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the global “gold standard” for children’s rights and sets out the fundamental rights of all children. The UNCRC is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world and sets out the specific rights that all children have to help fulfil their potential, including rights relating to health and education, leisure and play, fair and equal treatment, protection from exploitation and the right to be heard. The UK ratified the UNCRC in 1991.
The Scottish Government is already using the UNCRC as a framework to ensure that we consider children’s rights whenever we take decisions, and to help provide every child with a good start in life and a safe, healthy and happy childhood. It forms the basis of our national approach for supporting children, called Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC).
Venture Scotland it committed to upholding both the letter and the spirit of the UNCRC.
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