The Equal Protection Working Group, a coalition of children’s rights organisations, health professional bodies, charities,…
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“I welcome today’s Post-19 Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support Assembly motion. My office and I…
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Commissioner Chris Quinn shares what the Holiday Meals Payment Bill will mean for thousands of…
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Chris Quinn, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY), has today raised urgent…
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Chris’ role is to safeguard and promote the rights and best interests of children and young people.
The Commissioner uses the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (sometimes called the UNCRC) to guide their work and the work of their staff.
All of the Commissioner’s work is focused on making sure children and young people have access to these rights in their day-to-day lives, so they have the best opportunity to reach their full potential.
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Learn more about educational inequalities, including background information, how we monitor government in how they are discharging their duty to deliver on children and young people’s right to an education and our work addressing the inequalities that exist.
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Learn more about participation, including background information, how we monitor government in how they are discharging their duty to involve children and young people in decisions that affect them and our work addressing and progressing this.
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The Equal Protection Working Group, a coalition of children’s rights organisations, health professional bodies, charities,…
“I welcome today’s Post-19 Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support Assembly motion. My office and I…
Commissioner Chris Quinn shares what the Holiday Meals Payment Bill will mean for thousands of…