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Children's views given prominence in Government safeguarding guidance

18 March 2010

Revised Government guidance on safeguarding children - Working Together to Safeguard Children - published last night (17 March) gives detailed advice on how professionals can keep the child in focus.

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Join our children's advisory committee

17 March 2010

The Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) is an alliance of organisations and individuals that work together to get the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child put fully into practice in England. We are setting up an advisory committee for children and young people to help to lead CRAE’s work.

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Children's Rights Bill debate postponed

5 March 2010

The Children’s Rights Bill was due to receive its second reading in the House of Lords today and bring hope for rights protection to some of the UK’s most vulnerable children. Unfortunately the Bill will not be debated today due to lack of time, but Baroness Walmsley is hopeful of getting an alternative date for the debate later this month.

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Government publishes report on CRC implementation

5 March 2010

The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has today published a 237-page document on how the Government believes it is implementing international law as it applies to children’s rights.

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Discrimination against the young is widespread and damaging to family life

28 February 2010

The Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) is today releasing the results of an ICM poll showing discrimination against the young is widespread in England.

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