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CRAE responds to the Queen's Speech
10 May 2012
CRAE’s initial response to the Queen’s Speech focuses on the Government’s proposals to reform the role of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England. CRAE is delighted that the Government proposes to include provisions to strengthen the role of the Children’s Commissioner in the Children and Families Bill and strongly supports the proposal that the Commissioner should have a new power to undertake children’s rights impact assessments on policy and legislation affecting children. A strong, independent Children’s Commissioner is crucial to the protection and promotion of children’s rights in England. In order to fulfil this role effectively, it is essential that provisions relating to the Children’s Commissioner’s mandate, duties, powers and accountability comply with certain minimum standards.
CRAE announces its new Director
11 April 2012
CRAE is pleased to announce the appointment of Paola Uccellari as its new Director.
6,000 children could lose legal aid
4 March 2012
Next week the House of Lords makes crucial decisions on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, including whether to reject the coalition Government's plans to take away legal aid from 6,000 vulnerable children.
Children and young people speak to the world
9 February 2012
Watch our new film to find out what children and young people in Austria, England, Estonia, Ireland, Moldova, Romania and Russia want to see happen so they can have more participation and influence in European and international decision-making.
High court issues damning judgment on ‘widespread unlawful use of restraint’ in child prisons run by G4S and Serco
11 January 2012
In a judgment handed down this afternoon (11 January), a High Court Judge says it is highly likely that large numbers of children were unlawfully restrained in secure training centres (STCs) for at least a decade (1998-2008). Furthermore, none of the statutory agencies charged with monitoring children's care took action to stop the unlawful treatment.
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