Category: Children and Young People
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Trump Blaming Mothers for Autism Should Not Surprise Anyone
Dr Aishling McMorrow looks at recent claims by President Trump about what can cause autism.
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Fullest Potential? Outcomes for Children with Special Educational Needs
By Koulla Yiasouma, Honorary Professor of Practice, Centre for Children’s Rights, Queen’s University Belfast Most of my career has been spent working with teenagers either with care experience or involved with the criminal justice system within a human rights framework. I flatter myself as being a bit of an expert in rights-based youth justice. Over…
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Incorporating Children’s Rights into Law in Northern Ireland
By the Centre for Children’s Rights, QUB and Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY)
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What to do when you (really) can do nothing at all and how to do better in children’s participation.
Professor Laura Lundy shares a new infographic she has developed that shows what meaningful participation by children could and should look like.
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Do We Need to Raise Expectations in Order to Raise the Age of Criminal Responsibility?
A special joint contribution from representatives from VOYPIC, NIACRO, Children’s Law Centre and Include Youth.
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Raising the minimum age of responsibility: the research evidence
A special long read by Professor Lesley McAra and Professor Susan McVie from the University of Edinburgh.
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Raise the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility in Northern Ireland
The Centre for Children’s Rights (CCR) at Queen’s University Belfast are delighted to host this blog series in partnership with the Children’s Law Centre, Include Youth, NIACRO and VOYPIC. Academics within the CCR, in partnership with some of these organisations, co-hosted a seminar at Queen’s in 2015 attended by the then Minister for Justice, David…
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Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility [MACR] – Why it should be raised in Northern Ireland
The Centre for Children’s Rights (CCR) at Queen’s University Belfast are delighted to host this blog series in partnership with the Children’s Law Centre, Include Youth, NIACRO and VOYPIC. Academics within the CCR, in partnership with some of these organisations, co-hosted a seminar at Queen’s in 2015 attended by the then Minister for Justice, David…
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Restorative justice and the minimum age of criminal responsibility – #RaisetheAge
The Centre for Children’s Rights (CCR) at Queen’s University Belfast are delighted to host this blog series in partnership with the Children’s Law Centre, Include Youth, NIACRO and VOYPIC. Academics within the CCR, in partnership with some of these organisations, co-hosted a seminar at Queen’s in 2015 attended by the then Minister for Justice, David…
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Restorative justice and the minimum age of criminal responsibility
The Centre for Children’s Rights (CCR) at Queen’s University Belfast are delighted to host this blog series in partnership with the Children’s Law Centre, Include Youth, NIACRO and VOYPIC. Academics within the CCR, in partnership with some of these organisations, co-hosted a seminar at Queen’s in 2015 attended by the then Minister for Justice, David…