Join Starcatchers, in partnership with Children In Scotland and Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), for a landmark conference exploring the world of Babies’ Rights.

The incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic law in Scotland was a landmark moment for all children and young people, including babies. Yet how babies experience their rights feels complicated and complex.

On 6t March 2025, Starcatchers invites you to a day of exploration, discussion and learning in partnership with Children in Scotland, and Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) to start a conversation about what babies’ rights could look and feel like in Scotland. They will look at a range of topics and themes, built around a programme of opportunities to share and ask questions that will help us visualise a Scotland where babies are included in policy and decision-making. They will focus on the role the arts can play in helping babies experience their rights, as well as the role parents, carers and adults play in the realisation of those rights.

The event will see contributions from the following speakers with the full programme to be announced in the coming weeks:

– Dr Caspar Addyman
– Dr Rachel Drury & Dr Cara Blaisdell
– The Children and Young People’s Commissioner, Nicola Killean
– Ruth Boycott-Garnett
– Children in Wales
– Starcatchers
– Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights)

They would like to thank funders Creative Scotland, the Independent Human Rights Fund, and Cattanach for their continued support of this work.