Article 12 of the #UNCRC guarantees the right for children to express themselves freely in all matters affecting them.
Incorporating the UNCRC into Irish law will give real legal status to these rights.
That’s what our #FollowThroughOn42 campaign is aiming to achieve.
Incorporating the UNCRC into Irish law will give real legal status to these rights.
That’s what our #FollowThroughOn42 campaign is aiming to achieve.
November 2, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Article 12 of the #UNCRC guarantees the right for children to express themselves freely in all matters affecting them.
Incorporating the UNCRC into Irish law will give real legal status to these rights.
That’s what our #FollowThroughOn42 campaign is aiming to achieve.
Incorporating the UNCRC into Irish law will give real legal status to these rights.
That’s what our #FollowThroughOn42 campaign is aiming to achieve.
Our World Children’s Day assembly with e-Sgoil is BSL interpreted!
Join us live from a primary school on Friday 20 November at 9:30am, to celebrate the birthday of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
No registration needed: bit.ly/4kypVi4
Join us live from a primary school on Friday 20 November at 9:30am, to celebrate the birthday of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
No registration needed: bit.ly/4kypVi4
November 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Our World Children’s Day assembly with e-Sgoil is BSL interpreted!
Join us live from a primary school on Friday 20 November at 9:30am, to celebrate the birthday of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
No registration needed: bit.ly/4kypVi4
Join us live from a primary school on Friday 20 November at 9:30am, to celebrate the birthday of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
No registration needed: bit.ly/4kypVi4
We are thrilled to welcome leading children’s rights experts and Ombudspersons from 23 countries around Europe to our offices for an associated EU Presidency event.
#UNCRC
#UNCRC
November 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
We are thrilled to welcome leading children’s rights experts and Ombudspersons from 23 countries around Europe to our offices for an associated EU Presidency event.
#UNCRC
#UNCRC
I think the point he was trying to make was that they use those tactics even if they are a non-white minority. Maybe?
But yeah. You are right, UNCRC. There are lots of performative right-wingers, and anyone can "win" a point if they create their own terms or definitions.
But yeah. You are right, UNCRC. There are lots of performative right-wingers, and anyone can "win" a point if they create their own terms or definitions.
October 31, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I think the point he was trying to make was that they use those tactics even if they are a non-white minority. Maybe?
But yeah. You are right, UNCRC. There are lots of performative right-wingers, and anyone can "win" a point if they create their own terms or definitions.
But yeah. You are right, UNCRC. There are lots of performative right-wingers, and anyone can "win" a point if they create their own terms or definitions.
Our UNCRC Rights Focus is…
Article 22:
“If I am a refugee, I have a right to help, protection, and the same rights as children born in this country.”
Article 22:
“If I am a refugee, I have a right to help, protection, and the same rights as children born in this country.”
November 2, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Our UNCRC Rights Focus is…
Article 22:
“If I am a refugee, I have a right to help, protection, and the same rights as children born in this country.”
Article 22:
“If I am a refugee, I have a right to help, protection, and the same rights as children born in this country.”
What happens when Scotland’s new children’s rights law is put to the test in court? ⚖️
In January 2025, the High Court considered the first case brought under the UNCRC Act – examining whether the Act applies to decisions to prosecute children.
Read more here:
lawmanity.com/testing-the-...
In January 2025, the High Court considered the first case brought under the UNCRC Act – examining whether the Act applies to decisions to prosecute children.
Read more here:
lawmanity.com/testing-the-...
November 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
What happens when Scotland’s new children’s rights law is put to the test in court? ⚖️
In January 2025, the High Court considered the first case brought under the UNCRC Act – examining whether the Act applies to decisions to prosecute children.
Read more here:
lawmanity.com/testing-the-...
In January 2025, the High Court considered the first case brought under the UNCRC Act – examining whether the Act applies to decisions to prosecute children.
Read more here:
lawmanity.com/testing-the-...
This #KS1 unit explores the #UNCRC, fairness and responsibility, giving pupils opportunities to discuss issues, solve problems and take action. Explore the unit: https://ow.ly/Eofs5101i5Z #CitizenshipEducation
November 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
This #KS1 unit explores the #UNCRC, fairness and responsibility, giving pupils opportunities to discuss issues, solve problems and take action. Explore the unit: https://ow.ly/Eofs5101i5Z #CitizenshipEducation
Ó chúram sláinte go dtí an saol scoile a bhfreastalaíonn siad air agus na háiteanna a dtugann siad a mbaile orthu, leagann an UNCRC cearta amach ar cheart iad a bhreithniú sna réimsí seo go léir.
Faigh tuilleadh eolais ag oco.ie
Faigh tuilleadh eolais ag oco.ie
October 30, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Ó chúram sláinte go dtí an saol scoile a bhfreastalaíonn siad air agus na háiteanna a dtugann siad a mbaile orthu, leagann an UNCRC cearta amach ar cheart iad a bhreithniú sna réimsí seo go léir.
Faigh tuilleadh eolais ag oco.ie
Faigh tuilleadh eolais ag oco.ie
What would stronger protection of children's rights mean for young people in care?
🎥As part of our Follow Through on 42 campaign, we hear from Wayne Stanley, CEO of EPIC (Empowering People in Care), about the importance of the UNCRC and children's rights in Ireland.
🎥As part of our Follow Through on 42 campaign, we hear from Wayne Stanley, CEO of EPIC (Empowering People in Care), about the importance of the UNCRC and children's rights in Ireland.
October 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
What would stronger protection of children's rights mean for young people in care?
🎥As part of our Follow Through on 42 campaign, we hear from Wayne Stanley, CEO of EPIC (Empowering People in Care), about the importance of the UNCRC and children's rights in Ireland.
🎥As part of our Follow Through on 42 campaign, we hear from Wayne Stanley, CEO of EPIC (Empowering People in Care), about the importance of the UNCRC and children's rights in Ireland.
The USA is the only country in the world that has not ratified the UNCRC.
Clearly many of are failing children, but at least we aspire not to.
The USA doesn’t even do that;
they have a HUGE internal child trafficking problem, including into the sex trade.
ICE & Trump are a gift to that industry
Clearly many of are failing children, but at least we aspire not to.
The USA doesn’t even do that;
they have a HUGE internal child trafficking problem, including into the sex trade.
ICE & Trump are a gift to that industry
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
www.motherjones.com
October 29, 2026 at 11:56 AM
The USA is the only country in the world that has not ratified the UNCRC.
Clearly many of are failing children, but at least we aspire not to.
The USA doesn’t even do that;
they have a HUGE internal child trafficking problem, including into the sex trade.
ICE & Trump are a gift to that industry
Clearly many of are failing children, but at least we aspire not to.
The USA doesn’t even do that;
they have a HUGE internal child trafficking problem, including into the sex trade.
ICE & Trump are a gift to that industry
Article 31 of the UNCRC cements youth theatre as a rights-respecting practice, but how can we embed its principles into our everyday practice? Join us for a Knowledge Exchange on Wed 27 January 2027 to pick up tips or share any tried and tested approaches.
Read more and sign up > buff.ly/Nr306yW
Read more and sign up > buff.ly/Nr306yW
November 2, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Article 31 of the UNCRC cements youth theatre as a rights-respecting practice, but how can we embed its principles into our everyday practice? Join us for a Knowledge Exchange on Wed 27 January 2027 to pick up tips or share any tried and tested approaches.
Read more and sign up > buff.ly/Nr306yW
Read more and sign up > buff.ly/Nr306yW
Children's rights matter in the everyday decisions that affect them!
From healthcare to school life they attend and the places they call home, the UNCRC sets out rights that should be considered across all of these areas.
Find out more at oco.ie
From healthcare to school life they attend and the places they call home, the UNCRC sets out rights that should be considered across all of these areas.
Find out more at oco.ie
October 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Children's rights matter in the everyday decisions that affect them!
From healthcare to school life they attend and the places they call home, the UNCRC sets out rights that should be considered across all of these areas.
Find out more at oco.ie
From healthcare to school life they attend and the places they call home, the UNCRC sets out rights that should be considered across all of these areas.
Find out more at oco.ie
Oh wow, the #AB gov't going against the UNCRC?
Bet they use the #notwithstanding clause again. 🙄
#abpoli #ableg #rightsandfreedoms
Bet they use the #notwithstanding clause again. 🙄
#abpoli #ableg #rightsandfreedoms
Safe but excluded: Bureaucratic hurdles keep refugee kids from Gaza out of school | CBC News
Community advocates say they’ve seen families wait anywhere from 40 days to seven months to get their work permits, which Alberta requires before kids can be enrolled in school as local residents.
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October 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Oh wow, the #AB gov't going against the UNCRC?
Bet they use the #notwithstanding clause again. 🙄
#abpoli #ableg #rightsandfreedoms
Bet they use the #notwithstanding clause again. 🙄
#abpoli #ableg #rightsandfreedoms
Parents' Rights is a movement about control and property rights, not protection. It is very noteworthy that the USA never formalized the UNCRC, the children's rights treaty that almost every other UN country adopted in the 90s.
October 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Parents' Rights is a movement about control and property rights, not protection. It is very noteworthy that the USA never formalized the UNCRC, the children's rights treaty that almost every other UN country adopted in the 90s.
A privilege to be involved in the Shoogle Lab work alongside local authorities, national agencies & the Commissioner's office. We can’t take for granted the value & power of 🏴 unique focus on the UNCRC & the role of our young people in educational change.
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October 26, 2026 at 4:22 PM
A privilege to be involved in the Shoogle Lab work alongside local authorities, national agencies & the Commissioner's office. We can’t take for granted the value & power of 🏴 unique focus on the UNCRC & the role of our young people in educational change.
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📣 We're looking forward to welcoming almost 200 attendees to tomorrow's free online webinar, "From Law to Reality: Implementing the UNCRC Act in Practice."
Read more here ➡️ www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Read more here ➡️ www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
October 26, 2026 at 9:22 AM
📣 We're looking forward to welcoming almost 200 attendees to tomorrow's free online webinar, "From Law to Reality: Implementing the UNCRC Act in Practice."
Read more here ➡️ www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Read more here ➡️ www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Tá sé léirithe ag Albain, an Iorua agus an tSualainn conas is féidir cearta leanaí a chosaint níos fearr.
Leis an bhfeachtas Lean Tríd ar 42 atá againn, táimid ag iarraidh cosaint dhlíthiúil níos láidre do chearta leanaí in Éirinn freisin.
#UNCRC
Leis an bhfeachtas Lean Tríd ar 42 atá againn, táimid ag iarraidh cosaint dhlíthiúil níos láidre do chearta leanaí in Éirinn freisin.
#UNCRC
October 23, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Tá sé léirithe ag Albain, an Iorua agus an tSualainn conas is féidir cearta leanaí a chosaint níos fearr.
Leis an bhfeachtas Lean Tríd ar 42 atá againn, táimid ag iarraidh cosaint dhlíthiúil níos láidre do chearta leanaí in Éirinn freisin.
#UNCRC
Leis an bhfeachtas Lean Tríd ar 42 atá againn, táimid ag iarraidh cosaint dhlíthiúil níos láidre do chearta leanaí in Éirinn freisin.
#UNCRC
What’s it like taking your views on children’s rights straight to the Oireachtas? 🎤
Recently our Youth Advisory Panel members Holly and Olan spoke to the Joint Committee on Children and Equality about why they believe the UNCRC should be incorporated into Irish law 💙
Recently our Youth Advisory Panel members Holly and Olan spoke to the Joint Committee on Children and Equality about why they believe the UNCRC should be incorporated into Irish law 💙
October 23, 2026 at 9:09 AM
What’s it like taking your views on children’s rights straight to the Oireachtas? 🎤
Recently our Youth Advisory Panel members Holly and Olan spoke to the Joint Committee on Children and Equality about why they believe the UNCRC should be incorporated into Irish law 💙
Recently our Youth Advisory Panel members Holly and Olan spoke to the Joint Committee on Children and Equality about why they believe the UNCRC should be incorporated into Irish law 💙
John Tobin’s book on the UNCRC, at 1800+ pages, makes an excellent laptop stand.
October 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
John Tobin’s book on the UNCRC, at 1800+ pages, makes an excellent laptop stand.
"In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration." UNCRC Art 3 (1)
Von überforderten Eltern fernhalten. /zyn
Von überforderten Eltern fernhalten. /zyn
October 20, 2026 at 7:56 AM
"In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration." UNCRC Art 3 (1)
Von überforderten Eltern fernhalten. /zyn
Von überforderten Eltern fernhalten. /zyn
Scotland, Norway and Sweden have shown how children's rights can be better protected.
With our #FollowThroughon42 campaign, we're calling for stronger legal protection for children’s rights in Ireland too.
Visit oco.ie to learn more.
With our #FollowThroughon42 campaign, we're calling for stronger legal protection for children’s rights in Ireland too.
Visit oco.ie to learn more.
October 19, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Scotland, Norway and Sweden have shown how children's rights can be better protected.
With our #FollowThroughon42 campaign, we're calling for stronger legal protection for children’s rights in Ireland too.
Visit oco.ie to learn more.
With our #FollowThroughon42 campaign, we're calling for stronger legal protection for children’s rights in Ireland too.
Visit oco.ie to learn more.
In 2024, the Scottish Parliament brought into force the UNCRC Act, giving children’s rights legal effect in domestic Scots law for the first time
But what difference has it made, or might it make, to the lives of children and young people in Scotland?
Read more here: lawmanity.com/scotlands-ch...
But what difference has it made, or might it make, to the lives of children and young people in Scotland?
Read more here: lawmanity.com/scotlands-ch...
October 20, 2026 at 8:26 AM
In 2024, the Scottish Parliament brought into force the UNCRC Act, giving children’s rights legal effect in domestic Scots law for the first time
But what difference has it made, or might it make, to the lives of children and young people in Scotland?
Read more here: lawmanity.com/scotlands-ch...
But what difference has it made, or might it make, to the lives of children and young people in Scotland?
Read more here: lawmanity.com/scotlands-ch...
This week @theorkneynews.bsky.social kindly focused on one of the charities that Orkney Friends of Palestine fundraise for- Hope & Play.
This year we are working with 3 other groups to fund one of Hope & Play's makeshift schools in #Gaza
Please donate if you can
#EduSky #Education #Palestine #UNCRC
This year we are working with 3 other groups to fund one of Hope & Play's makeshift schools in #Gaza
Please donate if you can
#EduSky #Education #Palestine #UNCRC
October 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This week @theorkneynews.bsky.social kindly focused on one of the charities that Orkney Friends of Palestine fundraise for- Hope & Play.
This year we are working with 3 other groups to fund one of Hope & Play's makeshift schools in #Gaza
Please donate if you can
#EduSky #Education #Palestine #UNCRC
This year we are working with 3 other groups to fund one of Hope & Play's makeshift schools in #Gaza
Please donate if you can
#EduSky #Education #Palestine #UNCRC
I didn’t come back from the Garvaghy Road being labeled an assault weapon carrying terrorist for people claiming children in France - children, legally children - have brought disproportionate use of force, potentially lethal, onto themselves. Article 19 UNCRC www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
www.ohchr.org
October 17, 2026 at 8:36 AM
I didn’t come back from the Garvaghy Road being labeled an assault weapon carrying terrorist for people claiming children in France - children, legally children - have brought disproportionate use of force, potentially lethal, onto themselves. Article 19 UNCRC www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
Is mian linn go mbeadh an chosaint is láidre is féidir ag cearta leanaí in Éirinn.
Ach cad go díreach é an UNCRC?
Agus cén difríocht a d'fhéadfadh a bheith mar thoradh air? Tá gach rud atá uait curtha le chéile againn ar ár suíomh Gréasáin.
Ach cad go díreach é an UNCRC?
Agus cén difríocht a d'fhéadfadh a bheith mar thoradh air? Tá gach rud atá uait curtha le chéile againn ar ár suíomh Gréasáin.
October 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Is mian linn go mbeadh an chosaint is láidre is féidir ag cearta leanaí in Éirinn.
Ach cad go díreach é an UNCRC?
Agus cén difríocht a d'fhéadfadh a bheith mar thoradh air? Tá gach rud atá uait curtha le chéile againn ar ár suíomh Gréasáin.
Ach cad go díreach é an UNCRC?
Agus cén difríocht a d'fhéadfadh a bheith mar thoradh air? Tá gach rud atá uait curtha le chéile againn ar ár suíomh Gréasáin.