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Children's rights events - Autumn 2010
The Children's Rights Alliance for England is holding two events this autumn: a working seminar on the Equality Act 2010 and our annual conference which is this year focused on children and young people's civil rights. Speakers include Sarah Teather MP, Minister of State, Department for Education and Dr Penelope Leach, psychologist and writer. Discounts are available for CRAE members. Visit our events page for more information.
Major charities call for children's rights convention to be made part of UK law
3 April 2009
The Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) has formed a coalition with major UK charities and children's rights activists calling on the Government to make the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) part of UK law. The coalition responds here to the Government's Green Paper on a future Bill of Rights and Responsibilities (published on 23 March 2009) and considers the opportunities it presents - and misses - for children in the UK.
Beyond article 12
18 March 2009
CRAE has recently produced a report based on its survey of all directors of children’s services about local implementation of the UNCRC (140 out of a total of 150 responded).
CRAE sends children’s rights impact statement to Ed Balls
17 February 2009
CRAE’s national co-ordinator, Mike Lindsay, has written to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with CRAE’s Children’s rights impact assessment of The Children’s Plan One Year On: a progress report.
Message from Dr Mike Lindsay, CRAE’s new national co-ordinator
21 January 2009
We were delighted to welcome Dr Mike Lindsay as CRAE’s new national co-ordinator earlier this month. Mike has taken over the role until December 2009, while Carolyne Willow takes a year’s unpaid leave.
Government misses opportunity to protect children in custody
15 December 2008
The Government has today (15 December 2008) ignored its human rights obligations to children in secure training centres (STCs) by endorsing the use of deliberately painful restraint techniques by prison staff on children as young as 12 (so-called ‘pain compliant’ techniques).
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8 June 2010 - one year since the UK ratified the