A report from the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) today (7 December) accuses the coalition Government of systematically breaching international law that protects children's rights. Ministers are flouting The Ministerial Code which...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Scots human rights boss rejects UK Bill of Rights reform (15 November 2011)pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/OCC_submission_to_The_Commission_on_a_Bill_of_Rights.pdf
Summary: General overview of the United Kingdom's national legal provisions on children's rights, including guidance on how to conduct further research.
National laws on chidren's rights
Status of the CRC in national lawThe CRC is not directly...
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Summary: This consultation document seeks views on commencing the provision within the Equality Act 2010. The provision that places a duty on schools and local authorities to provide auxiliary aids as part of their duty to make reasonable...
Save the Children has received financial support from the European Union’s Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme to carry out a research project to assess how far the ‘general measures of implementation’ of the UN Convention...
Following on from Life Inside 2010 report, the U R Boss project has worked with young people across the country who have recently been released from custody to give them the opportunity to share their experiences of returning to their...
[14 September 2011] - The State of Children's Rights report 2011 was launched at an event attended by Angela Constance MSP, Minister for Children and Young People.
The report provides a non-government perspective on the extent to which children...
Summary: New research has shown that children in the UK feel trapped in a "materialistic culture" and don't spend enough time with their families.Following on from UNICEF's pioneering report in 2007, which ranked the UK bottom in child well-...
This report presents new research findings from the NSPCC on child maltreatment in the United Kingdom, looking specifically at the prevalence and impact of severe maltreatment. The research found that the rates of child maltreatment reported by...
