Examples of use of CRAE
1. In its overview, CRAE welcomes government moves to transform children‘s services, under the Every Child Matters initiative, and the appointment of England‘s first children‘s commissioner.
2. Government figures obtained by CRAE under freedom of information legislation show the techniques were used 768 times in STCs in the past 12 months, resulting in 51 injuries.
3. Meanwhile, CRAE has written to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture to ask it to visit the four secure training centres to check the safety and wellbeing of children there.
4. The Children‘s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), representing more than 320 organisations, says the government is defying UN recommendations by sanctioning policies such as the use of physical restraint techniques, including a "karate chop to the nose" on juveniles in custody.
5. Article continues The government‘s record over the past year in taking steps to abide by the UN convention on the rights of the child is even worse than over the previous 12 months, according to a critical annual progress report by CRAE.