Coordinated Government for Children

Our key calls for change:

• A Welsh Government Cabinet Minister for Children with responsibility for Children’s Rights
• A National Plan of Action on Children’s Rights & transparent monitoring

In Wales, we are pleased that the Welsh Government has finally implemented our call, for a Minister for Children at Cabinet level. We believe because children under 16 do not have the right to vote or a seat at the decision-making table, there must be a Minister that represents the rights and interests of children at this level.

There also needs to be better and more effective monitoring and accountability and a national action plan that uses children’s rights indicators, time bound targets and clear & transparent budgets (For further info see Dr Croke’s blog here).

We also work actively to promote that both the UK and Welsh Government take human rights seriously, to ensure there is no regression on the protection of human rights (See Dr Croke’s blog here).