Twenty years ago the UN adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UK ratified it in 1991 making it legally binding on the UK Government. Bringing the convention into UK national law would mean that the government would have to act in the best interests of the child in all policy and practice and new laws would be children's rights proofed.
The government has taken some significant steps to uphold children's rights but more must be done, claims the Rights of the Child UK Coalition (Rock), a UK-wide coalition seeking the incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law, which includes the National Youth Agency.
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