On the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Welsh Assembly Government has launched an action plan that sets out the steps it plans to take to make children and young people’s rights a reality over the next five years.
The Action Plan, ‘Getting it Right’, which has been published in response to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 2008, sets out 90 key actions across a wide range of policy areas, including:
The Assembly Government has said that the Action Plan will subject to regular review and updating to ensure that it keeps abreast of new developments in policy and strategy.
The Action Plan is available to download from the Welsh Assembly Government website.