Using our specialist knowledge and evidence from consultation with children, young people and advocates, Article 39 works, often with other expert organisations, to influence the development of law and government policy so that children are better protected. Below are some of our independent reports, consultation responses and evidence submissions to parliamentary inquiries and reviews. Please note: our guides and other resources for independent advocates are published here.
All children
- Article 39’s response to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights, March 2022
- Article 39’s response to Scottish Government’s Cross-border placements of children and young people into residential care in Scotland: policy position paper, January 2022
- Abuse in children’s institutional settings: How much is known? December 2021
- Article 39’s response to the care review’s interim report, The Case for Change, August 2021
- Call for evidence: behaviour management strategies, in-school units, and managed moves, August 2021
- Evidence to the Independent Human Rights Act Review, March 2021
- Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review, February 2021
- Briefing for Education Select Committee pre-appointment hearing with the government’s preferred candidate for Children’s Commissioner for England, December 2020
- Submission to the Independent Review of Administrative Law Panel’s call for evidence on judicial review, October 2020
- Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the human rights implications of the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, July 2020
- 30 children’s rights changes 1989-2019, November 2019
- 30 general election pledges, Together for Children (joint publication), November 2019
- Abuse in institutional settings: How much is known?, November 2017
Children in care
- Children and young people with the law behind them – how we have used the law and statutory guidance to protect the rights of children in care and young adults who were formerly in care., December 2021
- Article 39’s response to The Case for Change, August 2021
- Children’s rights and alternative care – Article 39 submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, June 2021
- Submission to the Education Select Committee‘s inquiry on children’s homes, #KeepCaringTo18 campaign steering group (joint submission), April 2021
- Submission to the Education Select Committee’s inquiry on children’s Homes – Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (joint submission), April 2021
- Submission to Education Select Committee inquiry: The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services, ‘Scrap S.I.445’ campaign group (joint publication), July 2020
- Care leavers forum discussion on unregulated accommodation, June 2020
- Submission to Education Select Committee inquiry: The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services, June 2020
- Response to the Department for Education consultation on ‘Reforms to unregulated provision for children in care and care leavers’, June 2020
- Response to the Department for Education consultation on ‘Reforms to unregulated provision for children in care and care leavers’, Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (joint response), June 2020
Children in custody
- Article 39 briefing on secure 16 to 19 Academies (secure schools) for House of Lords Committee debates on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, February 2022
- Article 39 briefing on secure 16 to 19 Academies (secure schools) for House of Lords Committee debates on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, October 2021
- ‘Managing separation in the children and young people’s secure estate’ – feedback to the Ministry of Justice, July 2021
- The case for ending child imprisonment. Questions and answers, December 2020
- Submission to Charlie Taylor review of pain-inducing restraint (detained children), May 2019
- Principles and minimum expectations for children deprived of their liberty, End Child Imprisonment campaign (joint publication), April 2019
Children in mental health inpatient care
- Article 39 submission to the 2021 Spending Review on advocacy for all children and young people in mental health inpatient care, September 2021
- Submission to the Department of Health and Social Care consultation on ‘Reforming the Mental Health Act’, April 2021
- Evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on Mental Health Act reform, March 2021
- A safe space? The rights of children in mental health inpatient care, November 2020
Children seeking asylum
- Briefing on age assessment for House of Lords Second Reading of the Nationality and Borders Bill – Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (joint briefing), December 2021
- Briefing on age assessment for Commons Report Stage of the Nationality and Borders Bill – Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (joint briefing), December 2021
- Briefing on age assessments for Commons Committee Stage of the Nationality and Borders Bill – Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (joint briefing), October 2021
- Age assessment proposals in the New Plan for Immigration – Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (joint briefing), June 2021