Human rights organisations

11 MILLION

11 MILLION is the office of the Children’s Commissioner for England. The Children’s Commissioner must make sure that the views of children and young people are asked for, listened to and acted on. The Children’s Commissioner wants the rights of all children and young people to be respected.

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is a worldwide campaign to promote all the human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international treaties.

British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR)

The BIHR works to raise awareness of human rights in the UK. It runs a ‘Human Rights in Schools’ project to help students understand human rights, to help teachers teach human rights, and to help schools to develop a rights culture.

Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE)

The Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) campaigns to make sure the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is put into practice everywhere. CRAE checks Government action on children’s human rights, and every year publishes a ‘State of children’s rights’ report.

CRAE sends information to the UN, the Council of Europe and other important bodies concerned with human rights. CRAE works with the UK Government and with Parliamentarians to encourage them to make laws and policies that are in line with children’s human rights. CRAE tries to stop laws and policies that go against children’s human rights.

Liberty

Liberty works to defend and extend rights and freedoms in England and Wales through campaigning, lobbying in Parliament, and taking part in legal cases. Liberty works on a range of human rights and civil liberties issues, including the use of curfews and the mosquito device against children and young people.

UNICEF UK Youth Voice

Youth Voice is a network for young people in the UK who are committed to children’s rights. It campaigns for rights and lobbies the Government, raises money for UNICEF’s work and speaks out for children across the world.