Publications and Resources

Resource / Publication / Children's Social care

House of Lords briefing, Oral question for short debate: ‘Report by the Children's Commissioner 'Unregulated: Children in care living in semi-independent accommodation',

CRAE's briefing to the House of Lords to inform peers ahead of a debate on a report by the Children's Commissioner: 'Unregulated: Children in care living in semi-independent accommodation'. / Nov 2020

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Resource / Publication / General Measures of Implementation

House of Lords briefing, Oral question for short debate: ‘Incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) into legislation’

CRAE's briefing to the House of Lords to inform peers ahead of a debate on incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) into UK domestic legislation. / Nov 2020

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Resource / Publication / General Measures of Implementation

Submission from CRAE and Just for Kids Law to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry on Black people, racism and human rights

CRAE and Just for Kids Law submitted evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry on Black people, racism, and human rights. This submission is… / Sep 2020

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Resource / Publication / Criminal justice and policing

Excluded, exploited, forgotten: Childhood criminal exploitation and school exclusions

A new report by Just for Kids Law and CRAE highlights how vulnerable children are being excluded from school for behaviour resulting from being criminally… / Aug 2020

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Resource / Publication / Children's Social care

Written evidence to Education Select Committee Inquiry on Covid – response on children’s social care

Prior to Covid-19, we routinely encountered evidence of children’s services departments lacking capacity to support vulnerable children and young people,… / Jun 2020

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Resource / Publication / Human rights

Written evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry on Covid-19

The emergency provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 and its associated regulations restricts many children’s rights set out in the UN Convention on the Rights… / Jun 2020

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Resource / Publication / Children's Social care

Written evidence to Education Select Committee Inquiry on Covid – response on education

Whilst we believe children should go back to school as soon as it is safe to reopen to ensure vulnerable children are safeguarded and educational inequality is… / Jun 2020

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Resource / Publication / Parliamentary work

Written evidence to Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry on the unequal impact of Covid-19

Just for Kids Law, CRAE and YJLC's submission to the Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry on the unequal impact of Covid-19 is informed by our work monitoring implementation of the CRC in England, as well as our direct advocacy and legal case work with children and young people. / May 2020

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Resource / Publication / Parliamentary work

Response to Labour’s mayoral manifesto consultation

CRAE, Just for Kids Law and the Youth Justice Legal Centre made a submission to Sadiq Khan's 2019 Policy Consultation informed by our work monitoring implementation of the CRC in England, consultation with children, as well as our direct advocacy and legal case work with children and young people who are in conflict with the law. / May 2020

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Resource / Publication / Children's Social care

Written evidence to Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Inquiry on the impact of COVID-19 on homelessness and the private rented sector

Government guidance and support in response to COVID-19 has focused on securing accommodation for rough sleepers and protecting some tenants from eviction and… / May 2020

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Resource / Publication / Children's Social care

Briefings on House of Lords debate on permanent housing after COVID

On Thursday 14th May 2020, there will be a short debate on supporting people previously homeless into permanent housing after the Covid-19 pandemic tabled by… / May 2020

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Resource / Publication / General Measures of Implementation

Best practice paper on using children's rights in policy and public affairs

We have produced a best practice paper on how to use children’s rights arguments in policy and public affairs as our three-year project on this, funded by… / Mar 2020

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