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Get help, information and advice about your human rights, and find out the ways you can get involved in what we do.
Concerned about a child?
If you are concerned that a child may be at immediate risk of harm, please contact your local Social Work Department or Police Scotland (dialling 999 in an emergency) as a matter of urgency. The office is not able to investigate child protection concerns.
Back to school
Find rights resources for primary and secondary teachers as Scotland returns to the classroom.
Resources for teachersYoung Adviser Beth marks International Day Of Persons With Disabilities
To celebrate International Day Of Persons With Disabilities, one of our Young Advisers has written a blog about upholding disabled people’s rights.
We’re going the extra mile to meet children and young people
The Commissioner’s office is hitting the road to chat to as many children and young people as possible and find out what matters to them. First stop: Aberdeenshire!
Statement: Commissioner responds to judgment made by the UK Supreme Court today on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.
Children’s Commissioner says incorporation of UNCRC must happen as quickly as possible after Supreme Court ruling.
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