Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) has launched a Forum on Children and Policing in London.
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The Forum will bring together voluntary organisations to collaborate in improving the police’s treatment of children and young people in London (and nationally) with the aim of ensuring the police treatment of children meets the standards set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Forum is intended to encourage dialogue and learning so that children’s rights are at the forefront of the policing of children.
Through the Forum, CRAE will disseminate data and learning about the state of children’s rights and policing in London and information and knowledge about how children’s rights arguments and mechanisms can be used to improve the policing of children. Speakers at the Forum will also share research and policy changes.
Commentary
The first meeting of the new London Forum on Children and Policing will take place from 12 to 2pm on Monday 18th July in a central London venue. CRAE has established the Forum to co-ordinate the campaigning work of voluntary sector organisations seeking to improve the policing of children in London (and nationally) to ensure respect for children’s rights through: information-sharing; networking; joint and co-ordinated advocacy. For more information and how to book a place can be found here.