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Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP)
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Promote awareness of the rights of children/young people in Scotland, with particular emphasis on the rights set out in the CRC. Monitor the law, policy and practice for effectiveness in relation to the rights of children/young people. Promote best practice by service providers working with children/young people. Carry out research on issues relating to the rights of children/young people.
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In 1991 our country signed up to an international agreement - the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is a set of promises to do certain things to make life better for children and young people.
SCCYP's job is to make sure those promises are kept. The Commissioner has a legal duty to keep on reminding everyone of the promises and can also set up an investigation if she thinks the promises are not being kept. If the Commissioner believes that a public, private or voluntary organisation is not keeping the promises made to children and young people, she can require them to attend a public investigation, examine them under oath and force them to produce documents.
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| Contact data |  | | | 85 Holyrood Road. EH8 8AU. Edinburgh (Scotland), United Kingdom |
| | Telephone: 01315583733 Fax: 01315563378 | |  info@sccyp.org.uk | |  http://www.sccyp.org.uk/ |
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