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Suki Wan

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Human Rights + Equalities @THRE_equal | @officialSYP | @refuweegee 🧡| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿/🇭🇰 Hakka | She/Her | all views are personal

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Joined April 2015
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🎉It's official, the #UNCRCScotland Act is now in full effect Historic moment for children’s human rights in Scotland, with key duties under the Act commencing today, 16 July Read what children & young people have to say @Creative_Voices @OfficialSYP ➡️bit.ly/3W48LLE
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🗓️ To mark the #UNCRCScotland Act coming into force, here’s a video with leaders of the Scottish Youth Parliament past and present where we reflect on UNCRC incorporation - what the UNCRC is, how we got here and where we go next ⏯️ Watch below: youtu.be/gB9qRZq3XOY?si=VyIs…
SYP leaders past and present reflect on UNCRC incorporation

SYP leaders past and present reflect on UNCRC incorporation

To mark the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act coming into force ...

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Happy #UNCRCScotland Commencement Day today! I started campaigning for UNCRC Incorporation when I was in my teens. While no longer a young person (🥲) I’m now celebrating as someone who works to support rights-based approaches. Immensely proud of all who got us here and beyond.
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A new dawn for children's rights As the sun rises over Scotland, @together_sacr is flying the UN & Scotland flags from the summit of Ben Nevis to celebrate children's rights becoming law through the #UNCRCScotland Act. Happy UNCRC Commencement Day to children across Scotland🎈
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1000s of people have been part of developing the Scottish Human Rights Bill. Live from our event: The Scottish Human Rights Bill: Priorities, Promises and People, our director Mhairi spells out the reasons for why incorporating international human rights is non-negotiable. 🧵
Mind map of all the effort behind the Scottish Human Rights Bill, including eleven reasons of Scottish Government resourcing, consultation with people with lived experience, civil society effort, and UK wide and international engagement. More on our website in text.

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📷#FridayReflections 🎉We are still full of excitement from our celebration Strategic Plan 2024 - 2032 launch event @ScotParl on Tuesday Great to connect face-to-face & so many familiar faces attend #RightsOnTrack Click here to view Strategic Plan: bit.ly/4a7u6cB
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Thank you @HRCScotland and Dr Elaine Webster for organising today’s event - incredibly useful to have so many knowledgable inputs on the new Human Rights Bill. Key point is implementation needs to start now not just after the Bill is passed. It’s time to put #AllOurRightsinLaw
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There's still time to register for '#AllOurRightsinLaw: Civil society voices on Scotland’s new human rights law' TOMORROW from 1-2:30pm. Join for an update on Scotland's new Human Rights Bill and find out how your org can get involved: buff.ly/42WNRkG #AllOurRightsinLaw
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Check out our Development Officer Suki's video for @HRCScotland on the Human Rights Bill below 👇#AllOurRightsinLaw
Human Rights Consortium Scotland (@HRCScotland) profile pictureHuman Rights Consortium Scotland@HRCScotland14 Mar 2024
It's time to put #AllOurRightsinLaw In this video, Suki from @THRE_equal explains how Scotland's new Human Rights Bill will bring rights home: buff.ly/4acYItc
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Spent a wonderful #IWD with the most brilliant and knowledgable group of fellow women of color working on representation of our voices in media spaces - huge thanks to @PassTheMicScot and @WIJ_Scotland for the day
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And that’s a wrap! Thanks to everyone for coming today and in particular @catmacphee @WIJ_Scotland for partnering with us.
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The Scottish Human Rights Bill is on the horizon with hopes to incorporate even more rights into Scots law - Why does incorporation matter? Suki’s new blog is up with some timely reminders bit.ly/3HYGy1X
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an illustration of a webpage with www.thre.org.uk/news written at the top. There is a slide with the words "Human Rights" in the middle, circled with illustrations of six faces. The text below reads "As the Scottish Human Rights Bill looms on the horizon and hopes to follow the UNCRC Bill in incorporating even more rights into Scots law, we must remind ourselves of why we are embarking on these journeys of incorporation in the first instance "

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If you are feeling sad and hopeless that is completely understandable, but it's also a luxury we can't afford right now. Here's a list of some great organisations helping on the ground, just as a handy guide:
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BREAKING: Health officials say more than 12,300 Palestinian minors have been killed in Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza apnews.com/article/israel-ha…
Israeli forces rescue 2 hostages in dramatic Gaza raid that killed at least 67 Palestinians

Israeli forces rescue 2 hostages in dramatic Gaza raid that killed at least 67 Palestinians

Israeli forces rescued two hostages after storming a heavily guarded apartment in a densely packed town in the Gaza Strip and extracting them under fire. Local officials say at least 67 Palestinians...

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🚨Breaking News🚨 Royal Assent has been granted for the #UNCRCScotland Bill meaning it's now an ACT! Most provisions will come into force 6 months from today (16th July) A HUGE congratulations to all the children, young people & their supporters who have got us to this point
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#UNCRCScotland has received Royal Assent and is now officially the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024! The substantive parts come into force 6 months from today (unless @scotgov commences early) legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/…
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🚆It’s full steam ahead for the #UNCRCScotland Bill! @GOVUK has not challenged the Bill so it will now go for Royal Assent (final approval by the King)👑 🎂What a way to start 2024!
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Had so much time recording with @Wik_Orlicka for @she_her_empower podcast! We chatted about empowerment, feminism and rights - check out the wonderful work Wiktoria has done on the website, magazine and podcast ⬇️
She/Her Empowerment (@she_her_empower) profile pictureShe/Her Empowerment@she_her_empower8 Dec 2023
New podcast episode and soon feature in our upcoming magazine!💜 Meet Suki Wan, an advocate for human rights and equality. She's apart of @THRE_equal. You can hear more about her empowerment and us speaking all about human rights in the podcast live now! open.spotify.com/episode/7sn…
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A pink graphic with text that says: “I think its important for women - for young women in particular to know their rights. While I think its important for everyone to know their rights, I think I would encourage those who are in a marginalized group - be that young women, young women of colour, disabled women. I think its even more important for those group of people to know their rights and be confident to speak on them.” Suki Wan

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Lol I’ve just noticed the typo - had such a *fun time/so much *fun whoops
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📣 Former SYP Chair, current SYP staff member and longtime #HumanRightsDefender @SukiWan spoke to The @Guardian’s @Libby_Brooks 💬 “I always had this image in my head that rights were up in the clouds and without help and support from adults, children couldn’t really reach them”
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“Historic” moment but lingering concerns about further UK challenge: Holyrood passes revised bill on children’s rights theguardian.com/politics/202…
Holyrood passes revised bill on children’s rights after UK challenge

Holyrood passes revised bill on children’s rights after UK challenge

Scotland to become first devolved nation to incorporate UNCRC into domestic law – unless Westminster intervenes again

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⏰Time 2 celebrate🎉   @ScotParl MSPs voted YES for incorporation of children's rights into law  Congrats 2 all children & young people, past & present, who have championed for their rights over the last decade, ensuring protection for current & future children of🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿#UNCRCScotland
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