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Never Let Your Rights Go- Kazou Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go and Human Rights
Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go is a dystopian novel about a group of students who grow up in a chilling alternative reality. The story is narrated by a thirty-year-old Kathy who reflects on her time at Hailsham School and exposes the fate that awaits her, her close...
What does Robert Cormier’s “Heroes” teach us about vigilantism?
After serving in the war, Francis Cassavant returns to his town with one purpose: to take revenge for his friend Nicole Renard. As a young girl, Nicole had been a victim of sexual abuse. The incident has left her with life-long trauma. The book "Heroes" deals with...
Reflections on children’s rights in Wales
Dr Rhian Croke, Strategic Litigation and Policy Advocacy Lead, Children’s Legal Centre Wales Recent events and reports on children’s rights Recently, there has been reports and events that have helped us to reflect on where there has been progress and where there...
Children’s Rights and the Law Event Report
In September 2024, the Children’s Legal Centre Wales was honoured to host the Child Law Network UK in Wales for the first time. The Child Law Network was established in 2019 and is a group of 9 legal NGOs, from across the UK who share the same aim that all children...
6 Rights Rapunzel Teaches Us
Most of us grew up reading or hearing about fairy tales and happily ever after. Many of us may have dreamed of being a princess or prince at some point. But what no one talks about is the terrible treatment most the heroines endure to get to their so called happily...
Briefing Note: Asylum after the General Election – Where are we now?
Prior to the General Election there was a great deal of new policy regarding the way the UK dealt with Asylum Claims. The Illegal Migration Act received Royal Assent in July 2023, and a number of key sections were brought into force, in particular those which...
My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson. Empowering Young Minds: Navigating Mental Health, Bullying and the Law in Wales
Content Warning: Mental Health Challenges (Anxiety, Depression and Emotional Distress) Bullying (Verbal Abuse and Exclusion) Welcome to a world where the unshakable bond of two sisters, Pearl and Jodie, overcomes all odds. In Jacqueline Wilson's "My Sister Jodie," we...
What ‘It Ends With Us’ By Colleen Hoover Teaches Us About Relationships
Content warning: domestic abuse / sexual abuse mentioned ‘It Ends With Us’ is a story about a young girl named Lily Bloom who has recently graduated college and moved to Boston to start her new life. There, she pursues her dream of opening her own business – a flower...
What do children in Wales want to know about the Law?: Children’s Legal Education Resource Review (2024)
Introduction The Children’s Legal Centre Wales is developing a Wales-wide approach to empower young people via legal education on human rights. In a project funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, CLCW Education and Engagement Lead Rhian Howells is working with children...
Awful Auntie By David Walliams – Stella’s rights against Aunt Alberta’s wrongs!
It is a cold day in December 1933 when twelve-year-old Stella Saxby wakes up in her bed at the family estate wrapped in head to toe in bandages. Her Aunt Alberta emerges from the dark shadows to inform her that she has been in a coma and both her parents have died in...