A government report, published by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, assessed the progress that had been made by the government since its December 2010 commitment to give "due regard" to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) when making policy and legislation.
What did the committee find about government processes for implementing children's rights?
The committee said that more must be done by the government to realise the aims of the convention through policy and legislation. The committee emphasised that commitment must be spread across all of government "to impress upon ministers outside the Department for Education the central importance of children's rights for a just and healthy society".
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