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Press Release: Over 120 charities unite in call for Ministers to put children’s rights at the heart of UK law

Today, a coalition of charities and organisations working with children and young people in England and across the UK has issued a resounding call to the UK Government to make children’s rights a legal priority. In a united front, 121 organisations including the Children’s Charities Coalition, UNICEF UK, the Children’s Rights Alliance for England, Just for Kids Law and Save the Children UK, are urging Ministers to adopt a statutory duty through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to uphold and protect the rights of children. / Sep 2025

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Over 110 organisations back joint call to embed children’s rights in policymaking

Ahead of the Second Reading of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill in the House of Lords on 1 May, CRAE, UNICEF UK, and NSPCC, for the Children’s… / Apr 2025

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Nearly 90 organisations call on new UK Government to respect children’s rights

Together with nearly ninety organisations, the Children’s Rights Alliance for England is calling for the new UK Government to take urgent action on… / Jul 2024

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A Children's Rights Charter for the next UK Government

Ahead of the forthcoming General Election, we are calling for the next UK Government to take urgent action on children's rights. The UK ratified the… / Jun 2024

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ROCK event on Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into National Law - Lessons from Scotland

Our second event in our two-part series of ROCK events on the incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) shared learning from Scotland… / Nov 2021

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ROCK event on Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into National Law with Ursula Kilkelly

On 20 October 2021, we held our first event in the two-part series of ROCK events on the incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)… / Oct 2021

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67% of the questions suggested by the Civil Society submission reflected in the UNCRC LOIPR

Last Thursday, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child published the UK List of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR), which is one of the key stages in the… / Feb 2021

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Growing up in lockdown: Europe’s children in the age of COVID-19

This new report from Eurochild reflects on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on children's rights across Europe. It provides recommendations for improving public policies in the short and long-term to support better outcomes for children and families. / Nov 2020

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Call for Written Evidence: Civil Society Submission to the UN’s List of Issues

This year sees the start of the UK’s examination under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). CRAE will be leading this process on behalf of civil… / Jul 2020

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Celebrating 30 years of children’s rights in Parliament

On Monday 2nd March, we held a reception in the Houses of Parliament to celebrate 30 years since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted… / Apr 2020

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Blog: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at 30: There's still much to do before its vision is a reality

Today is an important milestone in children’s human rights - the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This important treaty,… / Nov 2019

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Progress made but still much to be done: 30 years of the CRC

Today (20 November 2019) marks the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). As the preeminent organisation monitoring… / Nov 2019

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