Daily archives: 9 March 2026

I have been a children’s rights defender in various guises for over 30 years, although I only discovered the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1998.  This came as a revelation to me; it provided a framework to measure the extent by which we realise […]

James Kane introduces the Children’s Rights Blog and its mission. He does so through his own journey from a children’s rights holder to a child, and now adult, rights defender. He traces his journey from the Youth Panel of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY), to […]