We continue to have serious concerns about children affected by energy insecurity and fuel poverty. Ofgem has published a Code of Practice for suppliers on involuntary installation of Prepayment meters
Making spaces for conversations about life online is not just a ‘nice thing to do’; children have a right to participate in matters that affect them and involving children is crucial aspect of a rights-based approach. On Safer Internet Day, I’ll be supporting a group of children and young people to meet with UN experts to talk about the issues that matter – both offline and online. Children must be at the heart of designing improvements to ensure that they can participate online, while being protected from harm.
“The Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee (AESAC)’s report makes for concerning reading. It recommends that ‘scientific methods’ including x-rays and MRIs can be used in some circumstances to assess the age of child refugees, despite recognising that they are inaccurate and potentially harmful. Scientific methods are widely condemned by human rights bodies as invasive, traumatising and inaccurate.
Joint statement reacting to Autumn Statement from Bruce Adamson, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, Rocio Cifuentes, Children’s Commissioner for Wales, and Koulla Yiasouma, NI Commissioner for Children and Young People
Children’s Commissioner Bruce Adamson backs families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay as they seek justice for their deaths in custody.
It is gravely concerning that there are reports of pregnant mothers and infants being housed in hotel rooms and without the financial support they need. Hotel accommodation is completely unsuitable for children and families and should only be used on a short-term basis in an emergency.
Commissioner Bruce Adamson offers support to children at a primary school in Glasgow after they were targeted by racism.
The UK and devolved governments are failing in their obligation to use all available resources to the maximum extent possible to ensure children’s rights. Every Government must take a children’s rights-based approach to how it monitors and responds to this crisis over the coming months. We must see deliberate and targeted action to stifle its impact on children and their ability to access and experience their rights.
The Children’s Commissioners for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respond to today’s UK Government mini-budget. “Today in the UK, 3.9 million children are living in poverty. “This winter many of
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