On the 30^th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, CommonSpace examines the state of children’s rights in modern Scotland

TODAY marks 30 years since the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child (UNCRC). Signed by over 190 countries, it is the most widely adopted international treaty in history. But what does it actually mean for children living in Scotland today?

Rhiannon Sims, Policy and Research Officer at Oxfam Scotland, argues that Scotland must mark UN Day by redoubling its efforts to meet the United Nations’ key goals

TODAY we mark the anniversary of the United Nations coming into existence 74 years ago – so called ‘UN Day’.

Created in the wake of the devastation and suffering of the Second World War, the global body’s main priority was to boost peaceful international cooperation to “solve problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character” while promoting human rights and freedoms.

Westminster debate sees UK Government remain unyielding over UN demands that the British-controlled territory be returned to Mauritius

Is Scotland meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals it signed up to four years ago? CommonSpace analyses a new UWS-Oxfam report

A report examining how Scotland is doing at meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 has found overwhelmingly that Scotland has the right values and commitments to meeting the goals, but needs real follow-through to deliver.

The SNP’s foreign affairs spokesperson said: “The immediate priority must now be for all parties involved to de-escalate things.”

As the trial of Catalan leaders draws to a close, the Catalan president is seeking an “urgent meeting” with Pedro Sanchez to discuss the findings of the UN working group on arbitrary detention

UN votes 116-6 to endorse the International Court of Justice’s ruling that the Chagos Islands must be returned to Mauritius within six months

UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty argues that UK Government policy has led to “systemic immiseration” of a significant part of the population – CommonSpace looks at the report’s 10 most important findings

A NEW report commissioned by the United Nations contains a number of damning conclusions about both the level of poverty in the UK and its causes.

If we are to establish a national right to food, what can the history of other countries’ attempts tell us? Sean Bell takes a look.

FOOD defines humanity, and determines life. Hunger cannot be argued with. It is a historical truth and a global reality – and Scotland is no exception.

An independent review of the Mental Health Act was announced this week by the Scottish Government