Scottish Council on Global Affairs Podcast: The Long Road to Children’s Rights in Scotland: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024

Scott, D. M. , Adamson, B. and Kennedy, J. (2024) Scottish Council on Global Affairs Podcast: The Long Road to Children’s Rights in Scotland: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024. [Audio]

Abstract

On 16 January 2024, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 entered into law, ending a multi-year push by civil society to see international children’s rights written into Scots law. On this episode of the SCGA podcast, Dr David Scott (Postdoctoral Research Associate in International Law and Governance at the Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security, University of Glasgow, and the Scottish Council on Global Affairs) is joined by Professor Bruce Adamson (Professor in Practice at the School of Law, University of Glasgow and former Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland) and Josh Kennedy (former Chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament) to discuss the long road leading up to the Act’s passage, the obstacles the Act faced – including a successful challenge to a previous draft of the Act before the UK Supreme Court – and the hopes they have for the future of children’s rights in Scotland.

• Item Type: Audio
• Keywords: human rights, Scottish human rights, children's rights, UNCRC, public law, law.
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Scott, Dr David and Adamson, Professor Bruce
• Authors: Scott, D. M., Adamson, B., and Kennedy, J.
• Subjects: K Law > K Law (General); K Law > KD England and Wales > KDC Scotland; K Law > KZ Law of Nations
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Law
• Publisher: Scottish Council on Global Affairs