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Green MP calls for ban on corporal punishment in child prisons
21 July 2010
Yesterday, Green MP Caroline Lucas asked the Justice Secretary whether there should be a ban on corporal punishment in privately-run child prisons and young offender institutions, following the release of the Physical Control in Care Manual to CRAE. She also probed whether Ministers plan to establish a public inquiry to investigate the extent to which children's rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights have been upheld.
CRAE Statement on Physical Control in Care Manual
18 July 2010
Read our statement on the release of the Physical Control in Care Manual which governs the use of restraint and staff self defence in privately-run child prisons.
Children's Commissioner review a chance to strengthen rights protection
12 July 2010
The Government has announced today (12 July) that Dr John Dunford, currently General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, will undertake a review of the Office of Children's Commissioner. In the announcement, Education Secretary Michael Gove emphasised both the Government’s commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its belief that ‘it is vital that children and young people have a strong, independent advocate to champion their interests and views and to promote their rights’. CRAE's national co-ordinator, Carolyne Willow, says:
What will the Freedom Bill do for children?
8 July 2010
Today, the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) launches a consultation with its members – including children – to find out which laws they can’t wait to remove to benefit children and young people, and which laws they’d like to see put in place to reinstate lost rights.
Coalition Government threatens to turn teachers into prison officers
7 July 2010
The Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) strongly opposes today's (7 July) announcement that schools will be given extensive new powers to search children without their consent.
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