Every five years, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issues a comprehensive report on the UK’s implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The UN Committee’s 'concluding observations' set out the actions required by government to make a reality of children’s human rights in the UK.

Download the 2008 concluding observations here:
- Concluding observation on the UK's compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Concluding observations on the UK's compliance with the Optional Protocol on Armed Conflict

CRAE publishes an annual ‘State of children's rights in England’ report to show key developments – positive as well as negative – in children’s human rights over the previous 12 months. 

Our most recent ‘State of children's rights in England’, published December 2011, reviews Government action on the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations issued in October 2008.

It can be downloaded free here.

Orders for printed copies (£15 including postage) can be made from our publications page.

CRAE members receive a FREE printed copy of this report - find out how to join us here.