What next? Children’s Rights in Scotland - Crichton Conversation with Bruce Adamson

The Open University is delighted to support this virtual event with Bruce Adamson, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, as part of the Crichton Conversations series: 'What next? Children’s Rights in Scotland'.

Bruce Adamson is a lawyer with over 20 years of experience in human rights. He has been the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland since 2017, responsible for promoting and safeguarding the rights of children and young people across Scotland.

Over the last four years the Commissioner’s office has worked closely with children and young people to secure legislative change in relation to the age of criminal responsibility, comprehensive protection for children from physical punishment, and the incorporation of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child into Scots law.

The Children and Young People’s Commission has undertaken strategic litigation on issues relating to child poverty and care experienced children. They have carried out investigations into restraint and seclusion in schools, and children whose liberty is at risk.

For more information and to book a place for this virtual event, please go to the Crichton Foundation website.