On October 4 2002, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued 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.

After the 2002 concluding observations were issued, CRAE decided to publish 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.

Download CRAE’s 2005 State of children's rights in England report.

The 2006 and 2007 editions (nos. 4 and 5) are available for £12 each or £18 the pair. Order from our Publications section.

The 2008 report will be available in November 2008, and will incorporate the examination this year of the UK by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.