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 submission to Education Committee’s children’s social care inquiry, January 2024
- Article 39’s response to the Department for Education’s consultation on revised national standards and local authority guidance for children and young people’s advocacy services, December 2023
- “In what world is this hospital care?” Young people’s views on fixing the Mental Health Act 1983, December 2023
- Article 39’s response to Home Office’s consultation on Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse, November 2023
- Article 39’s version of draft national advocacy standards, November 2023 (these are the subject of a government consultation until 18 December 2023)
- Article 39’s response to government’s consultation on revisions to Working Together to safeguard children, September 2023
- Article 39’s submission to Home Office’s call for evidence on Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse, August 2023
- Article 39’s response to government’s ‘Stable homes, built on love’ (children’s social care implementation strategy) consultation, May 2023
- Change through advocacy magazine, December 2022
- A ladder to the stars: Ian Dickson’s reflections on 70 years of the care system, December 2022
- Article 39’s policy position on profit-making in the children’s care system, November 2022
- Article 39’s submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Bill of Rights Bill, September 2022
- 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 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 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
- Article 39’s submission to Education Committee’s children’s social care inquiry, January 2024
- Article 39’s submission to All Party Parliamentary Group for Care-Experienced Children and Young People: Call for evidence on corporate parenting principles, October 2023
- Article 39’s response to Ofsted’s consultation on inspecting supported accommodation, September 2023
- What does care mean to 16 & 17 year-olds? Summary research findings, 23 January 2023
- Article 39’s response to the Department for Education’s consultation on supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17, January 2023
- 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 deprived of their liberty
- Article 39’s submission to Ministry of Justice’s consultation on its Caring for children and young people in the secure estate policy, January 2024
- Article 39’s 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’s 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
- “In what world is this hospital care?” Young people’s views on fixing the Mental Health Act 1983, December 2023
- Article 39’s evidence to the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill’s call for evidence, September 2022
- Article 39’s 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 who lack capacity
- Consultation on proposed changes to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards – Article 39 submission, July 2022
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