IN-DEPTH: Scotland’s Adoption of UN Child Rights Will Undermine Parents Say Campaigners

MSPs have backed plans to embed the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scottish law, however, campaigners warn it will “undermine parents and empower the state.” On Thursday, the Scottish government passed the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) Bill. However, campaigners for families were deeply sceptical about the bill, saying that hiding behind the international human rights treaty that aims to protect the rights of children, they believed that “progressive elites” are increasingly using the idea of children’s rights to “change the values of children.” According to the Scottish Human Rights Commission, its incorporation into law will mean that “public authorities and decision-makers in Scotland will be legally obliged to respect children’s rights by designing policies, budgets and services that fulfil the obligations of the UNCRC.”...