02/07/2026

The Legal Officer will work in the Commissioner's Advice & Investigations Team, you will provide legal advice on issues relating to children and young people’s rights and will enable effective respons...

Poverty is the most significant human rights issue facing children and young people in Scotland. The Covid pandemic made things worse and now the cost-of-living crisis and rising energy prices have pu...

Nicola Killean welcomes new legislation to protect children's rights...but warns more needs to be done whenever children are in the care of the State.

The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland briefing ahead of the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee Debate taking place on 18 September 2025.

Labour MP Blair McDougall is calling for Crown immunity in UK prison estates to be abolished.

July 2025. We submitted written Stage 1 evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee to express our support for Daniel Johnson MSP’s members bill on restraint and seclusion

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Thousands of children enjoyed a play time with a difference – at a special online assembly with the Children’s Commissioner to mark UN International Day of Play.

JUSTICE invites applications for two six-month UK legal fellowships. These are paid positions, funded by Linklaters LLP.  The successful applicants will work closely with our legal staff: conducting l...

A major new research study has found the number of people dying in prison has surged to a record number […]

Exam season has started for young people in Scotland, and Robert, 16, shares how he prepared for his exams last year by using e-Sgoil's Study Support programme.

The UK's competition watchdog will write to Scotland's professional clubs to remind them of their legal obligations when registering child footballers.

Headteachers in the Highlands and Moray are making the most of an innovative support programme – and children are reaping the benefits too.   School…

Children had a laugh together celebrating UN International Day of Happiness at a special online assembly.   Children’s Commissioner Nicola Killean hosted the BSL-interpreted assembly for primary-aged ...

A Bill for an Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the restriction of the physical movement of, or isolation of, children and young people by education providers in schools.

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Shelter report reveals children growing up in temporary accommodation are being harmed by Scotland’s 'broken and biased' homelessness system.

Find out more about when, how and why to write to children in family court proceedings

Nicola Killean, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, warns that too many children are being failed by an education system that does not uphold their rights. Responding to Audit Scotland’...

The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, alongside key human rights bodies, has called on the Scottish Government to commit to a unified statutory framework regulating the use of restrai...

Data from UN agency’s Missing Migrants Project should serve as ‘wake-up call’, say officials

Head of Unison Christina McAnea is one of 148 signatories of letter warning rules will ‘breed division and mistrust’

The Home Office change has been condemned by the Refugee Council and some Labour backbench MPs.

Children have the right to be safe online. While the internet offers opportunities for learning, socialising, and play, it also presents risks like bullying, harmful content, and scams. Decision-maker...