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Adamson was part of the team when the Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People was set up in 2005. [2] He was a legal officer at the Scottish Human Rights Commission. [4] and has worked as a member of Children's Panels. [5] In 2013 he was seconded to a position in Geneva with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions.
The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland is a post in Scotland whose main task is to promote and safeguard the rights of children and young people. The position, equivalent to the Children's Ombudsman agencies of many other countries, was established by the Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003. [1]
Tam Baillie (born 1957) is a Scottish youth worker and policy manager who served as Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People between 2009–2017. Baillie was the chair of the organising committee for the 2023 International Play Association Conference in Glasgow.
The Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003 was passed by the Scottish Parliament in March 2003 to make provision for a Children's ombudsman.It established the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland with the general function of promoting and safeguarding the rights of children and young people.
A children's ombudsman, children's commissioner, youth commissioner, child advocate, children's commission, youth ombudsman or equivalent body is a public authority in various countries charged with the protection and promotion of the rights of children and young people, either in society at large, or in specific categories such as children in contact with the care system.
The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) is a publicly funded post, with responsibility for protecting children's rights as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Nigel Williams was the Commissioner from its introduction in 2003 until his death in 2006.
National Children’s Commissioner, Commonwealth; Children and Young People Commissioner, Australian Capital Territory; Office of the Children's Commissioner, Northern Territory, Australia; Office of the Public Guardian, Queensland, Australia; Commissioner for Children and Young People, South Australia, Australia
The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament passed on 19 February 2014 and received royal assent on 27 March 2014. [1] The legislation is part of the Scottish Government's Getting it right for every child policy implementation.