Children’s Commissioner to deliver inaugural Law and the Common Good lecture

Bruce Adamson

Bruce Adamson, who will be joined by two of his young advisers, will outline how the rights framework can effect change, at the online event on March 15.

Before becoming the commissioner, Mr Adamson worked as a lawyer and as a human rights expert for the United Nations, Council of Europe, European Union, and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

He has been a member of the Children’s Panel for 13 years, been a UN Representative for the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, and been chair of the Scottish Child Law Centre.

The lecture will highlight the significance that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child will have on the lives of children. The importance of the convention in terms of education and ensuring a human rights response to the SQA grade allocation processes, including the work of GCU Law lecturer Dr Tracy Kirk, has recently been highlighted at Holyrood.

The Law and the Common Good Lecture was launched after GCU secured funding from The Clark Foundation for Legal Education.

Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe, solicitor and lecturer at GCU Law, said: “These lectures are an opportunity to be inspired by those working for the common good in our communities – work which has never felt more important than it does now.

“We look forward to welcoming students, lawyers, and anyone with an interest in human rights law and policy to the event.”

Joining Mr Adamson will be youth activist Hope, 16, from the Orkney Islands, an advisor who previously served as a Year of Young People ambassador and was a member of a young people’s panel on Europe with Children In Scotland.

Completing the line-up will be Beccie, 16, a member of the Scottish Youth Parliament and UK Youth Parliament, who has campaigned on issues such as climate change and gender inequality.

To find out more and book a place visit Eventbrite.