Making law for children in Scotland: turning commitment into reality

Barnes Macfarlane, L.-A. (2020) Making law for children in Scotland: turning commitment into reality. Amicus Curiae, 1(3), pp. 476-486. (doi: 10.14296/ac.v1i3.5176)

Abstract

This note discusses ongoing developments in Scottish law concerning children and the creation of more children’s rights-based legislation in Scotland. Two steps being taken by the Scottish government are considered. The first of these is the current Children (Scotland) Bill, which is intended to modernize and render more child-centred certain aspects of family law. The second step is the commitment to introducing, imminently, a further Bill to fully incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scottish Law. The discussion below is distilled from the author’s recent report, Balancing the Rights of Parents and Children(Barnes Macfarlane 2019),commissioned by the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee.Keywords: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Barnes Macfarlane, Dr Lesley-Anne
• Authors: Barnes Macfarlane, L.-A.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Law
• Journal Name: Amicus Curiae
• Publisher: The Society for Advanced Legal Studies
• ISSN: 1461-2097
• ISSN (Online): 2048-481X
• Published Online: 19 June 2020
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 The Author
• First Published: First published in Amicus Curiae 1(3): 476-486
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License