Month: December 2021

Children’s rights legal digest – December 2021

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This year we have dedicated four issues of our children’s rights legal digest to landmark judgments that have strengthened the protection of children’s rights in England. This last one, the ‘Gillick judgment’ was a successful appeal brought by the Department of Health and Social Security (as the Department of Health and Social Care was then … Read more

Government to regulate absence of care from age 16

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The Department for Education has published the outcome of its consultation earlier this year on standards for accommodation for children in care aged 16 and 17 in England. Article 39’s Director, Carolyne Willow, responds: “Today’s government response to its consultation on care-less standards continues the development and consolidation of a new market for providers wishing … Read more

Call for government guidance to keep children safe in institutional settings

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Article 39 has today (15 December 2021) published new research on allegations made against adults working in children’s institutional settings (boarding and residential schools, children’s homes, immigration detention, mental health inpatient units and prisons) in England between 2018/19 and 2020/21, and the action taken by local authorities. Awareness of child abuse within institutional settings has steadily grown … Read more

Children and young people with the law behind them

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Ahead of the care review’s online event around the theme of ‘freedom vs responsibility’[1],  below we share 10 examples where we have used the law and statutory guidance this year to protect the rights of children in care and young adults who were formerly in care. We could have included many more examples, but have kept … Read more