{"longTitle":"To give further effect to rights and freedoms guaranteed under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and for connected purposes.","summary":"<p>The purpose of the Children&rsquo;s Rights Bill is to enshrine the <a>United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child</a> (UNCRC) in UK law.  The UNCRC is an international human rights treaty that grants all children and young people a comprehensive set of rights.  </p><p>Issues included in the convention&rsquo;s articles are: the right to be free from all forms of violence; the right to play, rest and leisure; and the right to be protected from harmful work and economic exploitation.  </p><p>The UK signed the convention on 19 April 1990, and it came into force on 15 January 1992.<br><br>Some articles of the convention are already given effect through existing legislation, for example though the Children Act 2004, and through a range of legislation on the right to education.  This Bill would make the UNCRC part of UK law.<br><br><strong>Key areas</strong></p><ul><li>The Bill would create a duty to ensure all new legislation is compatible with the convention and is &ldquo;children&rsquo;s rights proofed&rdquo;.</li></ul><ul><li>The interpretation of convention rights would be determined by a court or tribunal.</li></ul><ul><li>The optional protocols on the <a>sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography</a> , and on the <a>involvement of children in armed conflict</a> would also be incorporated into UK law.</li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":2547,"name":"Baroness Walmsley","party":"Liberal Democrat","partyColour":"fc7d0b","house":"Lords","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/2547/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/2547/contact","memberFrom":"Life peer"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":552,"shortTitle":"Children's Rights Bill [HL]","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Lords","originatingHouse":"Lords","lastUpdate":"2010-04-09T09:34:32","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":2,"introducedSessionId":23,"includedSessionIds":[23],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":13411,"stageId":2,"sessionId":23,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Lords","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}