Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoting the work of children and young people in Scotland when they act as Human Rights Defenders.

[Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland @CYPCS]

Children and young people can be #HumanRightsDefenders: as @ScotDefenders we've worked with @Creative_Voices to spread the word. And now there's a toolkit 📝and film 📽️ to help people of all ages learn more: https://t.co/sUoW0R6b6D

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

Defending our rights often involves protesting about difficult issues. But young #HumanRightsDefenders face barriers to protest that adults usually don't.

We've blogged about what needs to happen to help break these barriers down: https://t.co/JcODi4Cb23

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

As @rights_info highlight here, if young people at state school go on #ClimateStrike they may be more likely to face punishment than strikers from private school. That isn't acceptable— everyone should be able to protest without being punished.

https://t.co/RVrCJbQyHA

[Together 🧡 @together_sacr]

An inspiring group of young #HumanRightsDefenders has been working with @CYPCS to identify how adults in power should support them.

Listen to Sean's thoughts on why listening to young #HumanRightsDefenders is vital 👇& read the full recommendations here👉https://t.co/2uw9yQdLzv

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

Like Charlotte says, adults must give young #HumanRightsDefenders a platform— and involve them in meaningful decisions about #HumanRights.

The eight recommendations young people made in #PromoteProtectDefend are summarised here: https://t.co/K0t1vSORUH

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🛡️#PromoteProtectDefend🛡️🇺🇳

Young #HumanRightsDefenders created recommendations on how adults in power can support children and young people to defend #HumanRights— their report is at https://t.co/HCASDfy6iv.

Video on their thoughts and experiences 👇

https://t.co/46kbKXt62a

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

When she was a teenager, @Sus_Hunter20 had no idea she was a #HumanRightsDefender.

Now, she wants Scotland's youth workers to help the young #HumanRightsDefenders of today realise that is indeed what they are: https://t.co/yXZwa18W46

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

“Some people claim that my parents have brainwashed me, but it was the opposite: I brainwashed my parents. I convinced them not to fly and to stop eating meat.”

https://t.co/FLwi231d0s

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

The 5Rights initiative young people can access the digital world in a way that's always embedded in their #humanrights.

On #SaferInternetDay, read Alex of @youngscot's 5Rights Youth Leadership Group on how he's worked to promote digital rights in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: https://t.co/QVO4Rs5qym

[Bruce Adamson @Bruce_Adamson]

Young people may not use human rights language or define themselves as #humanrights defenders, but they are working across Europe in communities to promote and protect human rights. We need to do more to support and protect them. @TomHammarberg #RightsForward

[Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland @CYPCS]

😍 It's amazing to see two of Scotland's young #HumanRightsDefenders in an academic journal talking about barriers to rights being realised 👇

[Children's Parliament @Creative_Voices]

We're so proud of MCPs and global Child Advisors Hannah & Cameron who were highlighted by @childrightscnct at the UN #CRC80 this week for their incredible work as #HumanRightsDefenders & role in @ScotParl's #RightsTakeover! 👏 🌟 Watch here from 1hr 8mins: https://t.co/Oy69X4skbl

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

"I was the red pencil in the yellow pencil drawer."

Eilidh of our #RightsDefenders group has written a powerful piece for us on how identifying as a #HumanRightsDefender has helped her through some very challenging times: https://t.co/y0SACQJGDB

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

13-year-old #HumanRightsDefender Grace campaigns to make invisible disabilities more visible throughout Scotland— and we're glad to see her innovative sign will soon be found in stations throughout the country. 🚂

https://t.co/FF0zCTnjNo

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

Children and young people have the right for their views to be taken seriously, but us adults aren't always great at doing that.

In this amazing article, 18-year-old #HumanRightsDefender @KatrinaFLambert outlines 7 ways we can get better: https://t.co/hKgHxW1CYo

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

Wee #HumanRightsDefender spotted at the @CYPCS office ❤️

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

This is a great article from @vicky_allan about children and young people leading the way as #HumanRightsDefenders— including 9-year-old Ruby from Scotland who fights for the rights of young girls 💪 https://t.co/ECcH0arqkb

[Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland @CYPCS]

This year the amazing @Clara0Gray travelled to Paris to make important recommendations around #MentalHealth— and now she's written for @cisweb magazine. Her message to other children and young people: anyone can be a #HumanRightsDefender🛡️

https://t.co/lA4rW1y78I

[Rights Defenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotDefenders]

Last month @CYPCS held a #HumanRights Gathering where young #HumanRightsDefenders could meet and talk about the changes they've helped to create.

Chloe and Kayleigh – two young people who were part of the event – blog about how the whole thing went: https://t.co/cVkBuZWaMo

[Children's Parliament @Creative_Voices]

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the declaration of human rights we decorated our tree with the rights we treasure, & our Seen + Heard children treasure being free #HumanRightsDay #rightstakeover #StandUp4HumanRights #seenandheardfife