Tranent children lead the way in defending children’s rights

Two young children from Tranent have launched a series of workshops focusing on human rights that aim to inform, engage and listen to children across Scotland. 

The first workshops in the ‘Children as Human Rights Defenders programme’ were delivered this week by Hannah and Cameron at Windygoul Primary School in Tranent. 

Hannah and Cameron – who both attend the school - are Members of the Children’s Parliament (MCPs). They recently returned from Geneva where they took part in the first Children’s Advisory Team meeting to plan children and young people’s involvement in the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Day of General Discussion (DGD), to be held in September 2018. 

Cameron said: “The experience of being a helper to the children in the workshop makes me feel a lot more confident.". Hannah said: “Today I've enjoyed explaining the activities to all the children. I'm looking forward to taking part in the other workshops!" and “I think it went really well - all the kids were smiling!" 

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