Home Secretary Theresa May said gang injunctions for under-18s will be among the measures intended to deal with the fallout of the riots and prevent repeat activity.
The injunctions can prevent those suspected of being related to gang culture from entering certain areas, from wearing "gang colours" in public or entering a mentoring programme.
Their use appears to go against Article 15 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states that children have the right to meet together and to join groups and organisations. The fear is that the power could be used against innocent groups of children who are perceived as being part of a gang.
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