Resource pack for those working with children and young people
UK Children's Commissioners' Midterm Report to the UK State Party on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Every five years a report is delivered to the United Nations on the state of children’s rights in the United Kingdom. This resource pack will provide information and step by step guidance to enable teachers / youth leaders / community workers to facilitate workshops on key issues on children’s rights including:
- What is the United Nations and how it affects children’s rights
- The work of your Children’s Commissioner
- Short workshops on:
- The UN Reporting Process
- Participation and Children’s Rights
- Disability and Children’s Rights
- Poverty and Children’s Rights
- Youth Justice and Children’s Rights
- Asylum and Children’s Rights
- How to go about campaigning
The resource pack can be used as an ongoing programme of workshops or individually depending on areas of interest. Facilitator’s notes are available through supporting information in the document. It is aimed that by using the resources both young people and facilitators will have a greater awareness of the children’s rights and some of the key issues affecting children and young people.
Downloadable PDF files:
The resource pack
Midterm report
Evidence behind the report
YouTube animations:
Children’s Rights and Asylum
Children’s Rights and Disability
Children’s Rights and Youth Justice
Children’s Rights and Participation
Children’s Rights and Poverty
If you have any questions on how to make best use of these resources, please call Cathy Begley on 0131 558 3733 or email