- Children's Rights Alliance for England
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Children's Rights Alliance for England Abbreviation CRAE Type Pressure group Purpose/focus Youth empowerment Headquarters 94 White Lion St
London
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EnglandMembership 380+ organisations National co-ordinator Dr Mike Lindsay, with Carolyne Willow to return in January 2010. Main organ Council of Management Staff 10 Website CRAE.org.uk Children's Rights Alliance For England (CRAE) is a London-based pressure group.
CRAE was set up in 1991 after the UK ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in order to monitor the UK Government's commitment to upholding the document. They aim to protect the human rights of children in the UK by lobbying government and others who hold power. They also bring or support test cases and use regional and international human rights mechanisms. They provide free legal information and advice to Young people, raise awareness of children’s human rights, and undertake research about children’s access to their rights. As such they are a member of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS)[1] which is an England-wide organisation which supports and promotes the work of youth groups and charities. CRAE publish an annual review of the State of children's rights in England.[2]
Contents
Get Ready for Geneva and Get Ready for Change
From April 2007 CRAE wrote a report on and tried influence the UK's response to the Convention on the Rights of the Child through their youth-led campaign arm Get Ready for Geneva. [3]
Following the publication of the concluding observations[4] of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in October 2008, the 'Get Ready for Geneva' project became 'Get Ready for Change'. The group now lobbies the UK Government with the aim of securing resolutions to the issues the UN Committee raised.
References
- ^ Full list of NCVYS members
- ^ "Children's Human Rights". Directgov. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/ParentsRights/DG_4003313. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ "Checking Children's Rights". Children's Rights Alliance for England. http://www.getreadyforgeneva.org.uk/about. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ "CRC/C/GBR/CO/4". United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/AdvanceVersions/CRC.C.GBR.CO.4.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
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Youth empowerment Elements Types Community youth development · Anarchistic free school · Positive youth development · Student activism · Student-centered learning · Student rights · Student voice · Youth activism · Youth council · Youth court · Youth engagement · Youth leadership · Youth-led media · Youth movement · Youth participation · Youth philanthropy · Youth service · Youth suffrage · Youth voteBarriers See also: Index of youth rights-related articles Categories:- English organisation stubs
- Youth organisations based in England
- Youth empowerment organizations
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