The role is not an uncommon one across Europe and it represents governments' commitment to the promotion and realisation of the rights of children and young people. NICCY's founding legislation requires that my starting point must be the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Since NICCY was established in 2003, there has been some confusion between our role and that of other children's rights advocates and service providers, primarily in the voluntary and community sector. Having worked in that sector for 20 years, I am determined that there is clarity between the different roles. NICCY is unique in being an independent human rights institution for children, established to advise government and its bodies on children's issues. Equally, all policies, services and legislation have to be informed and often instigated by those who are working every day with children, their families and communities. To suggest otherwise would be utter nonsense.
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