Children's Rights Measure Moves Forward in Wales

The rights of children in Wales took another step forward recently when the National Assembly for Wales approved the Labour-led Assembly Government’s Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure.

The purpose of the Measure is to place a duty on Assembly Government Ministers to have due regard in taking strategic decisions to the rights and obligations in respect of children that are enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Gwenda Thomas AM said: ‘This is excellent news for children’s rights. The Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government pioneered the existing rights-based approach for children and young people in Wales, and this, together with their position in Welsh society, will be strengthened.’

For further details about the measure, please click here.