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| YOUNG PEOPLE'S RIGHTS Watch a short film made by
young people about their
experience of police
searches 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.
Recent years have seen policy proposals 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 our society we must start by respecting our young people. NewsLiberty’s logo will grace the car of 16-year-old Alice Powell, a racing driver and the only female in Formula Renault UK. Alice is a member of the Manor Competition team and the youngest ever female driver in the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship – the 150mph single-seater race series which is a stepping stone to Formula One. 01.09.2009
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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Liberty’s submission to the Review into Ending the Detention of Children for Immigration Purposes, July 2010 (PDF) Liberty’s Committee Stage Briefing on the Crime and Security Bill in the House of Commons: Domestic Violence and Gang Injunction
provisions, January 2010 (PDF) Liberty’s evidence to HM Government’s Youth Crime Action Plan, October 2008 (PDF) Liberty’s response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry on “Children’s Rights”, February 2009 (PDF)
Organisation which provides practical and emotional support to vulnerable young people. Read the campaign pledge we have made with 11 Million to fight the Mosquito. Listen to Campaigns Co-ordinator discuss human rights and young people in this Communication Workers Union Youth podcast, 1 March 2010
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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