Nursery World - Historic children’s rights Bill to become law in Scotland

The Scottish government has introduced a Bill to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic law by the end of this Parliament, which if passed will make it the first nation in the UK to do so.

The right to play is enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Scotland plans to incorporate into Scots law

In yesterday’s Programme for Government 2020-21, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described the forthcoming Bill as ‘one of the most ambitious pieces of legislation in the 20-year history of devolution’.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most complete statement of children’s rights ever produced and is the most widely ratified international human rights treaty in history. The Convention has 54 articles that cover all aspects of a child’s life and sets out the specific rights that all children are entitled to, relating to health and education, leisure and play, fair and equal treatment, protection from exploitation and the right to be heard.

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