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:
- Article 39 submission to the 2021 Spending Review on advocacy for all children and young people in mental health inpatient care, September 2021
- ‘Managing separation in the children and young people’s secure estate’ – feedback to the Ministry of Justice, July 2021
- Children’s rights and alternative care – Article 39 submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, June 2021
- Age assessment proposals in the New Plan for Immigration – Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (joint briefing), June 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 the Education Select Committee‘s inquiry on children’s homes, #KeepCaringTo18 campaign steering group (joint submission), April 2021
- Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review, February 2021
- Submission to the Independent Review of Administrative Law Panel’s call for evidence on judicial review, October 2020
- 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
- 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
- 30 children’s rights changes 1989-2019, November 2019
- 30 general election pledges, Together for Children (joint publication), November 2019
- Principles and minimum expectations for children deprived of their liberty, End Child Imprisonment campaign (joint publication), April 2019
- Abuse in institutional settings: How much is known?, November 2017