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Resource / Publication / General Measures of Implementation

New report: Unequal Childhoods: Rights on paper should be rights in practice

Today, on World Children’s Day, we’re pleased to publish the England Country Profile that the Children’s Rights Alliance for England prepared for the Eurochild 2025 report: Unequal Childhoods: Rights on paper should be rights in practice. / Nov 2025

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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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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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A Children's Rights Charter for the new UK Government

Jul 2024
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Resource / Publication / State of Children's Rights

State of Children's Rights 2018

In the 30th year since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was first adopted by the United Nations, our annual State of Children’s Rights in… / Mar 2019

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State of Children's Rights in England 2017

Our flagship annual report ‘State of Children’s Rights in England 2017’ assesses how well the Government is meeting its obligations under the UN Convention on… / Dec 2017

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'State of Children’s Rights in England 2016' Report

This year’s ‘State of Children’s Rights in England’ finds that increasing numbers of children have been let down in 2016 and denied the basic things they need… / Dec 2016

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State of Children's Rights in England 2014

Since the UK signed up to the UNCRC in 1991, all areas of government and the state, including local government, schools, health services, and criminal justice… / Nov 2014

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State of Children's Rights in London

Report analysing the extent to which children in London enjoy their rights. Based on statistics, freedom of information requests and focus groups with children… / Mar 2014

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