At a meeting last week, the UK's four children's commissioners thrashedout what they intend to present as evidence to the UN's Committee on theRights of the Child. The committee is due to examine children's rightsin the UK later this year and its subsequent report will be used tomonitor government performance on children's rights.
Kathleen Marshall, the children's commissioner for Scotland, saidalthough the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child enshrined theright to play, previous reports had not significantly tackled thesubject.
"This falls within one of the areas we're looking at and refining overthe coming months. If we raise play with the committee, it could lead tothe committee acting as a vehicle for getting play treated as a rightsissue," she said.
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