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  • Children speak out on homelessness Our new report reveals the shocking conditions children are experiencing while living in Bed & Breakfasts and Temporary Accommodation. Children in England are being housed illegally in B&Bs for months on end leaving them at risk of sexual exploitation, developing mental and physical health problems and disrupting their education. Read more Jun 2018
  • EU (Withdrawal) Bill returns to Commons This week the EU (Withdrawal) Bill returns to the House of Commons to debate amendments passed in the House of Lords. One of the amendments passed by peers retained the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Read more Jun 2018
  • Children's rights and Brexit As the EU (Withdrawal) Bill continues it's parliamentary passage, CRAE has been working hard to ensure that children's rights are not diluted post Brexit.

    We were delighted that Peers voted to retain the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which includes important rights for children.     Read more Apr 2018
  • Change it! Young Activist tells her story Eighteen-year-old Fowzia Ahmed describes the work of Change it! – a campaign led by children and young people who have experienced homelessness – and the experiences that led her to get involved. Read more Apr 2018
  • We are recruiting! We are looking for a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Advisor to lead our work on children and policing. The role will seek to influence policy and practice to improve the treatment of children by the police in London – particularly children with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. Read more Mar 2018
  • Children's Rights and the EU (withdrawal) Bill As the EU (withdrawal) Bill continues its parliamentary passage, we are backing a number of amendments to safeguard children's rights which are being debated today at Lord's Committee. Read more Feb 2018
  • EU (Withdrawal) Bill reaches the House Lords CRAE has been working across the children’s sector to ensure that Brexit does not result in children’s rights being diluted. Ahead of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill’s Second Reading in the House of Lords, on 30th and 31st January, three joint briefings were circulated to Peers on key child rights issues.
    Read more Feb 2018
  • The Charter of Fundamental Rights and children Today, 21st November, MPs will debate amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill which will preserve the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. As the Bill currently stands the Charter will be abandoned despite all other EU law being transposed into UK law. Read more Nov 2017
  • Using Children's Rights in Homelessness Policy The past decade has seen a huge growth in numbers of children experiencing homelessness and being forced to live in temporary accommodation such as Bed and Breakfasts, often for long periods of time. Living in temporary accommodation can result in breaches of many key children’s rights.Our new briefing explains how taking a children’s rights approach to homeless policy could help challenge and tackle some of these issues. Read more Oct 2017
  • Report on UK human rights record adopted by UN Today the report of the UK’s examination under Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was adopted by the Human Rights Council. Find out which recommendations the UK Government accepted and read our joint statement to the UN. Read more Sep 2017

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