Britain's Criminalising of Children Breaches Their Rights, Says Report

Britain is punishing its children with custody orders and Asbos, failing to keep them safe and systematically breaching the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, a major report has found.

In a damning assessment of how the UK is looking after some of its most vulnerable people, the report found that Britain is the most punitive nation in Europe, that its child protection services are "not fit for purpose" and that arrogance in some local authorities has created a "postcode lottery" of help available for children in need.'

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