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Righting the wrongs: The reality of childrenās rights in Wales uses the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Childās reporting framework to provide an interim analysis of how far childrenās rights have been realised in Wales since the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child highlighted its areas of concern in its last report on the UK in 2002. The process of preparing this report has presented the unique opportunity of including the expertise of a diverse section of the non-governmental and academic community working with and for children and young people. Using the lens of childrenās rights the different contributors provide detailed analyses on: Participation, Corporal Punishment, Child Protection, Child Poverty, Health Inequalities, Education and Citizenship, Asylum Seeker Children, Disabled Children, Looked After Children, Sexual Exploitation and Juvenile Justice as well as measures taken to implement the UNCRC in Wales. The contributors identify gaps and weaknesses (as well as strengths) in the available information and make recommendations for action. In this context, we trust that Wales will be in a stronger position to assess the position of its childrenās rights as it approaches 2007 ā the time for the UKās next periodic report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The report will be of interest to policy makers, service managers, practitioners, young people and all concerned with promoting and realising childrenās rights in Wales. Further information
pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/save_wales_righting_wrongs.pdf