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Kara Brown

Legal Officer (International) at Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland

Children and young people defend our human rights— here are eight ways adults can help them do it

Kara Brown

2 April 2019

Posted in

Policy

By standing up for themselves and others, Scotland’s children and young people defend human rights every day. Most people don’t realise younger citizens can act as human rights defenders— or that they’re protected by international law when they do. At the Children and Young... Read more