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The Centre for Children’s Rights has conducted a study of UNCRC implementation for UNICEF-UK. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: a study of legal implementation in 12 countries looks in countries beyond the UK in order to compile evidence of the most effective and impactful ways of embedding children’s rights into domestic law. The 12 countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden) were chosen to demonstrate the variety of ways in which different places have provided for children’s rights at the national level by taking steps to implement the Convention. The study provides an international context against which we can compare what is happening in the four jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. The research was led by Professor Laura Lundy and involved Dr Bronagh Byrne of the Centre and Professor Ursula Kilkelly of University College Cork. It was launched in the House of Lords and Welsh Senate in November. The report is available here.