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Munro review could help UK meet its international obligations on child protection
10 June 2010
The Children’s Rights Alliance for England today (10 June) welcomes the Munro review of child protection as a long-awaited opportunity to fully consider the laws and systems in place to protect children and the extent to which the UK is meeting its obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Queen's Speech - CRAE Briefing
28 May 2010
CRAE will be working throughout the 2010/11 Parliamentary session to highlight significant threats and opportunities for children’s human rights, and to support Parliamentarians to strengthen legal protection for children’s human rights as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other human rights instruments
Bill of Rights could strengthen the rights of children
20 May 2010
Read CRAE's press release on the announcement of a Commission to investigate a British Bill of Rights.
Children to be released from immigration detention
12 May 2010
The Children’s Rights Alliance for England is delighted that one of the first announcements of the new coalition Government is the end of detention of children for immigration purposes. Recent figures show that 830 children entered detention solely under Immigration Act powers between April and December 2009.
CRAE selects shortlist of children’s rights matters which Government must prioritise
7 May 2010
As the country waits to hear the final outcome of the General Election, the Children’s Rights Alliance for England is selecting its shortlist of urgent children’s rights matters to bring to the attention of Government Ministers.
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8 June 2010 - one year since the UK ratified the