Children’s rights

Guidance and services

• Children and young people’s participation standards: good practice guide
  Guidance on how to use the participation standards to include children in decision making.
• Advocacy standards and outcomes framework for children and young people
  The standards advocacy service providers have to meet when supporting children and young people.
• Complain about Welsh Government as a young person
  Make a complaint about us when things go wrong.
• Children and young people’s participation standards: factsheet
  A summary of the standards and how they will improve how we communicate with children and young people.
• Publication of children's rights impact assessments
  Children’s rights impact assessments enable ministers to comply with section 1 of the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011.
• Subscribe to the ending physical punishment in Wales newsletter
  Sign up to our email newsletters, for the latest news, updates and policies.
• Children’s rights: information for young people
  Provides information for children and young people about their rights.
• Children's rights impact assessments: guidance for Welsh Government staff
  How to do a children's rights impact assessment as part of the integrated impact assessment.
• Children’s rights: manual for Welsh Government staff
  How to embed children’s rights in the work you do.
• Children’s rights: complaints leaflet
  How to complain about the Welsh Government as a young person.
• Ending physical punishment in Wales
  Resources and background information on the law giving children the same protection as adults from assault.
• United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child: poster
  A poster summarising the United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child
• An introduction to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: booklet
  A booklet explaining the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• Out of Court Parenting Support Grant: guidance
  Explains to local authorities, police and youth offending teams how the grant is funded and how to administer it.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Children's rights in Wales
  Policy and strategy
  Explains how the Welsh Government promotes children's rights and how the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) are used in policy development.
• Children’s rights scheme
  Collection
  How we will consider the rights of children and young people in the work we do.
• Commission on Justice: response from Children's Commissioner
  Public response
  Commission on Justice in Wales, Children's Commissioner for Wales
  Letter to the Commission from the Children's Commissioner for Wales.
• Rights of children and young persons: compliance reports
  Collection
  Reports on what we have done to raise awareness of children's rights and include them in our actions.
• Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual reports: Welsh Government responses
  Collection
  Children's Commissioner for Wales
  Our responses to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual reports.
• United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child 2016 report: Welsh Government update
  Report
  A look at our progress in the policy areas we are responsible for.
• Children and young people's plan
  Policy and strategy
  What we will do to support children and young people who are growing up, living and working in Wales.
• Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual report 2019 to 2020: Welsh Government response
  Report
  Children's Commissioner for Wales
  Our response to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual report for 2019 to 2020.
• Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual report 2018 to 2019: Welsh Government response
  Report
  Our response to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual report for 2018 to 2019.
• Raising awareness of children’s rights
  Policy and strategy
  How we will inform the public of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Wales.
• Supreme Court 2021/0079 and 2021/0080 Counsel General written case
  Policy and strategy
  The Counsel General’s legal case in relation to his participation in the reference of two Scottish Parliament Bills to the Supreme Court.
• Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual report 2017 to 2018: Welsh Government response
  Report
  Our response to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual report for 2017 to 2018.
• Nanny scheme: impact assessments
  Collection
  A summary of how the nanny scheme may affect a number of areas.
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Welsh Government report 2022
  Report
  Our response to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on how we are protecting children's rights in Wales.
• Children (Abolition of the Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act: group meetings
  Collection
  Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020 Implementation Groups
  Minutes from meetings of group advising on the Children (Abolition of the Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act.
• Rights of children and young persons: compliance report (October 2020 to March 2023)
  Report
  How the work we do conforms to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) due regard duty.
• Children’s rights impact assessments 2023
  Collection
  Assessments of the effect of different policies and strategies during 2023 on children and young people.
• Children’s rights impact assessments 2022
  Collection
  Assessments of the effect of different policies and strategies during 2022 on children and young people.
• Children’s rights impact assessments 2021
  Collection
  Assessments of the effect of different policies and strategies during 2021 on children and young people.
• Children’s rights impact assessments 2020
  Collection
  Assessments of the effect of different policies and strategies during 2020 on children and young people.
• Children’s rights impact assessments 2013 to 2019
  Collection
  Assessments of the effect of different policies and strategies from 2013 to 2019 on children and young people.
• Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual report 2020 to 2021: Welsh Government response
  Report
  Children's Commissioner for Wales
  Our response to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual report for 2020 to 2021.
• Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual report 2021 to 2022: Welsh Government response
  Report
  Children's Commissioner for Wales
  Our response to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales annual report for 2021 to 2022.