Press releases
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 part of UK law. The coalition responds here to the Government's new Green Paper on a future Bill of Rights and Responsibilities and considers the opportunities it presents - and misses - for children in the UK.
Government misses opportunity to protect children in custody
15 December 2008
The Government has today 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).
Police DNA database violates children's privacy rights says European Court
3 December 2008
The European Court of Human Rights today gave a landmark ruling on the UK police retention of fingerprints and DNA samples. The case was brought by two Britons, ‘S’ and Michael Marper, who had both been arrested and had fingerprints and DNA samples taken under police powers introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2003. S was aged 12 when he was arrested.
Equality Bill must protect children
3 December 2008
Commenting on proposals for the forthcoming Equality Bill announced in today's Queen's Speech (3 December 2008), Carolyne Willow, national co-ordinator of the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), says:
House of Lords dismisses Government appeal on child restraint in custody
26 November 2008
The House of Lords has refused the Government permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal's judgment in July 2008 which quashed new rules introduced by the Government allowing the restraint of children in secure training centres for the purpose of ensuring good order and discipline.
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8 June 2010 - one year since the UK ratified the