Children's Rights Impact Assessments

Since its inception, the Observatory has undertaken several projects delving into best practice for Children’s Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs).

CRIA practice note

The Observatory recognises that conducting a Child Rights Impact Assessment will be new to many leaders and organisations. To aid Scotland’s learning and improvement over time, we have made a commitment to gather insights and ideas derived from the experience of doing CRIAs in different contexts. As we work with others involved in conducting CRIAs, we will encapsulate and present practice pointers that may be helpful to others through a Practice Note on Children's Rights Impact Assessments.

Observatory CRIA practice note - updated 2022 (685.78 KB PDF)

Listen, Engage, Have Fun

The Observatory took part in 'Listen, Engage, Have Fun': Involving children in Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIA) and Child Rights Impact Evaluation (CRIE), which was facilitated by Children’s Parliament and Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights). The work was funded by the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland.

Resources for professionals

The project produced a guide and several worksheets for professionals.

Access all of the 'Listen, Engage, Have Fun' resources

Observatory report

The Observatory additionally conducted a learning exercise on the project and published a report on our findings.

Involving children in child rights impact assessment (CRIA) and child rights impact evaluation (CRIE): Report from the Observatory of Children’s Human Rights Scotland

Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the response to COVID-19 in Scotland

The coronavirus pandemic has affected every aspect of the lives of children and young people in Scotland. The Observatory of Children's Human Rights Scotland was asked by the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland to conduct a thorough analysis of how emergency laws and procedures around COVID-19 impacted the human rights of children and young people in Scotland.

Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland

This was done in the form of an Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA).