As a member of the Rights of the Child UK coalition (ROCK), UNICEF UK is working with parliamentarians, children’s charities, lawyers and activists to make the Convention part of UK law.
UNICEF UK is also working with partners to support moves to make the Convention part of the law and the policy-making process in the devolved nations.
Children have clearly told us that they want their rights to be enforceable in the UK courts. We take every opportunity to achieve real change for children by calling for their rights to be part of the law across the UK.
Rights of the Child UK coalition (ROCK)
UNICEF UK is a member of the ROCK coalition, a group of organisations, lawyers and child rights activists that have come together to campaign for the incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law.
Other members of ROCK include the Children’s Rights Alliance for England, the National Children’s Bureau, the NSPCC, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Save the Children, and Together (the Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights). A full list of members is available on request. For more information about ROCK please contact Sam Dimmock, Domestic Policy and Parliamentary Manager, UNICEF UK at samanthad@unicef.org.uk.
Domestic Policy and Parliamentary Manager
