Publications and Resources

Resource / Publication / Criminal justice and policing

New Briefing - The Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Key children's rights issues

In August 2024, the UK was examined on its compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).… / Apr 2025

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Resource / Publication / General Measures of Implementation

New Briefing - The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Concluding Observations on the UK: How civil society organisations can use them

In May 2023, the UK Government was examined on its compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) for the first time since 2016. While the… / Nov 2024

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Resource / Publication / Criminal justice and policing

Children's Realities in Europe: Progress & Gaps

To mark World Children’s Day 2024, we have worked with Eurochild on a new state of children’s rights report: Children's Realities in Europe: Progress… / Nov 2024

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Resource / Publication / Children's Social care

Civil society alternative report 2022 to the UN Committee – England (Summary)

We have published our our civil society alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, endorsed by 97 children’s charities from across… / Feb 2023

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Resource / Publication / Children's Social care

Civil society alternative report 2022 to the UN Committee – England

We have published our civil society alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, endorsed by 97 children’s charities from across England… / Feb 2023

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Resource / Publication / General Measures of Implementation

Universal Periodic Review: thematic briefings

The Universal Periodic Review is a peer review process conducted by the UN Human Rights Council which assesses how well a State is implementing its human rights… / Sep 2022

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Resource / Publication / International monitoring

Evaluation Executive Summary, January 2021 - Engaging civil society to influence the CRC List of Issues Prior to Reporting

About the project In 2021-22, the UK Government is being examined on its implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the UN… / Feb 2021

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Resource / Publication / International monitoring

Written evidence received for civil society LOIPR submission 2020

This year sees the start of the UK’s examination under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and CRAE is leading the civil society submission… / Dec 2020

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Resource / Publication / International monitoring

Civil Society LOIPR Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

This Civil Society report marks the start of the UK’s examination under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). As the Civil Society submission to… / Dec 2020

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Resource / Publication / International monitoring

Briefing on the new Simplified Reporting Procedure

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN Committee) will next examine the UK in 2022. The UN Committee will assess how well the UK is implementing the UN… / Dec 2020

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Resource / Publication / General Measures of Implementation

Report Summary - 2015 civil society alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

The report summarises our 2015 civil society alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. It includes 172 recommendations for improvements… / Jan 2015

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Resource / Publication / General Measures of Implementation

2015 civil society alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Read our 2015 civil society alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child here. / Jan 2015

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