Article 12
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Article 12 was a youth-led children's rights
organisation based in England
. Its main aim was to ensure the implementation of the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child UNCRC.
, London
(England
) and was run by and for young people aged 18 and under. The administrative duties of Article 12 were run by CRAE (Children's Rights Alliance for England).
The group's most high profile campaigns included 'Stop Smacking Us' (challenging Reasonable Chastisement) when it led a rally in Westminster
to 10 Downing Street
with 100 children. Its members have represented the United Kingdom at several United Nation's sessions. In 1999 Daisy Thomas and David Joseph Henry
took part in 10th commemorative meeting of the UNCRC in Geneva. In 2001 James Anderson
and Lucy Mason took part in the Special Session on Children in New York. Many of its key members have gone on to become Human Rights
activists.
This organisation is no longer active but its work continues through CRAE and work of former members who continue to work in the young people's rights movement.
Rights
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory...
organisation based in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Its main aim was to ensure the implementation of the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Convention on the Rights of the Child UNCRC.
About
The group, run by a steering committee, worked to ensure the rights of young people were heard by decision makers. It was founded after a young people's rights conference in GreenwichGreenwich
Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
(England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) and was run by and for young people aged 18 and under. The administrative duties of Article 12 were run by CRAE (Children's Rights Alliance for England).
The group's most high profile campaigns included 'Stop Smacking Us' (challenging Reasonable Chastisement) when it led a rally in Westminster
Westminster
Westminster is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross...
to 10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister....
with 100 children. Its members have represented the United Kingdom at several United Nation's sessions. In 1999 Daisy Thomas and David Joseph Henry
David Joseph Henry
David Joseph Henry is a writer, Human Rights activist and parliamentary candidate from Manchester, England.-Biography:In 1997, he and other members of YouthSpeak projected a laser beam onto Big Ben, demanding "16 for everyone". It was a protest at the then unequal age of consent for gay men...
took part in 10th commemorative meeting of the UNCRC in Geneva. In 2001 James Anderson
James Anderson
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and Lucy Mason took part in the Special Session on Children in New York. Many of its key members have gone on to become Human Rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
activists.
This organisation is no longer active but its work continues through CRAE and work of former members who continue to work in the young people's rights movement.