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| YOUNG PEOPLE'S RIGHTS 'Voice of Young People' project with
their 2005 Human Rights award Children and young people deserve to be protected from harm, but this in itself is not enough.
We must recognise that children and young people are the holders of a wide range of rights, including the right to express their views and to participate in the making of decisions which affect them.
We welcome the appointment of the Children’s Commissioner for England & Wales and the post of Minister for Children, Young People and Families. We hope these individuals will provide a strong voice for children's rights.
Aspects of the Government’s "Respect" agenda are leading to the demonisation of children, reinforcing divisions between generations and damaging young people's respect for law and order.
This is why we have fought against child curfew law (which sweeps up the innocent with the guilty) Asbos, and the naming and shaming of children. If we want more respect in society we need to start by respecting our young people. NewsJoin Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti, authors Philip Pullman, Monica Ali, Nick Hornby and others in signing our petition calling for an end to the detention of children for immigration reasons. 25.09.2008
In Channel 4’s forthcoming 30 Minutes: 'Making Our Kids Criminals', the government’s appointed chair of the Youth Justice Board and England’s first Children’s Commissioner, question the government endorsed practice of naming and shaming of kids on ASBOs. 23.02.2006
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Our final briefing on the Children Bill, which passed into law in 2004. Liberty's response to the draft regulations made under s12 of the Children Act 2004 - The Information Sharing Index Liberty's response to the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry into knife crime, October 2008. Liberty’s evidence to HM Government’s Youth Crime Action Plan, October 2008 (PDF)
Libby Brooks' analysis of 'growing up in modern Britain' is a provocative and timely portrait of childhood told through the lives of ten young people. Camila Batmanghelidjh bears witness to abused and neglected
children, highlighting
the effects of early traumatic episodes.
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