Publications and Resources

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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New Briefing - The CRC and how parliamentarians can use it

Ahead of World Children's Day, in partnership with UNICEF UK, we have launched a new briefing to support parliamentarians to use the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). / Nov 2025

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Joint Briefing: House of Lords Committee Stage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – Thursday 18th September 2025

CRAE, UNICEF UK and NSPCC on behalf of the Children’s Charities Coalition, have coordinated a joint briefing ahead of Committee Stage in the House of Lords on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, now backed by 121 organisations. / Sep 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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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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A Children's Rights Charter for the new UK Government

Jul 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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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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Briefing on the Bill of Rights - Implications for Children

The Government has confirmed its plans in the Queen’s speech for a Bill of Rights to replace the Human Rights Act after its consultation closed on the 19th… / May 2022

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Inquiry submission on Children’s Commissioner powers

Last month, we submitted evidence to the Select Committee on the Children and Families Act 2014 as part of their scrutiny inquiry into the effectiveness of the… / May 2022

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UPR Joint Submission 2022 - CRAE and Wales UNCRC Monitoring Group

This autumn, the UK Government will be examined under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This is a peer review process conducted by the UN Human Rights… / May 2022

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Resource / Publication / Consultation responses

CRAE's response to the consultation on reform of the Human Rights Act

The Children’s Rights Alliance for England, Just for Kids Law, and 15 other supporting organisations are extremely concerned about the proposals set out in the… / Mar 2022

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