Important documents
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Read CRAE’s summary of each of the articles in the UN Convention
Download the full UN Convention
Download CRAE’s translation of the UN Convention for children and young people
UNICEF Implementation Handbook
This comprehensive guide takes the reader through each article of the Convention, summarising state obligations and the jurisprudence of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Participation Works ‘Your right to be heard’ guides
Participation Works has published 5 guides for children on their rights to have a say in schools, health services, children’s services, and when they are in contact with the police or the courts.
Ready Steady Change participation training materials
Training and tools to increase children and young people’s participation in decision-making in a variety of settings. The materials stress each child and young person’s fundamental right to be heard, respected and taken seriously.
Concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
The international treaty monitoring body’s five-yearly analysis of UK progress in meeting its human rights obligations to children, with 124 recommendations for improvements in law, policy and practice. (Published October 2008)
Download the most recent concluding observations on the UK (2008)
State of children’s rights in England report
CRAE’s annual authoritative analysis of Government action on each of the UN Committee’s recommendations.
The Child and the European Convention on Human Rights
Written by Ursula Kilkelly in the late 1990s, this useful book summarises key judgements of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to children and young people.
The New Handbook of Children’s Rights: Comparative Policy and Practice
Edited by Bob Franklin, this is a great introduction to children’s rights debates.
