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Landmark report on domestic abuse victims’ experiences in family courts launched

Centre for Children's Rights | 8 December, 2025

'Totally Invisible': New report on the experiences of domestic violence and abuse victims/survivors and children engaging with family courts.

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CCR Researchers Call for Continued Support for Alternative Education

Centre for Children's Rights | 3 December, 2025

Researchers Dr Montserrat Fargas Malet and Dr Siobhán McAlister, with EOTAS practitioner Kate Moscato, outline why protecting and funding community-based alternative education is crucial for upholding children’s rights and ensuring they can access sa

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Centre for Children's Rights marks 10 years of Children's Services Co-operation Act

Centre for Children's Rights | 24 November, 2025

The Centre for Children's Rights, in partnership with the Children’s Law Centre, hosted an event to mark the tenth anniversary of the Children’s Services Co-operation Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.

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Incorporating Children’s Rights into Law in Northern Ireland

By Prof Bronagh Byrne from the Centre for Children’s Rights, QUB and the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY)

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Visiting Professor

14 May, 2025

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CCR welcomes visiting academics from the University of Stavanger, Norway

30 April, 2025

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Siobhán McAlister joins the DfE Working Group on EVAWG in Tertiary Education

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Co-designing a resource to raise awareness of young women’s experiences of violence

30 April, 2025

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Department for Communities commission to conduct a review of the NI Families Sign project.

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Research on Family Courts processes in Northern Ireland

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Presentation on young women’s understandings and experiences of violence and domestic abuse

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CCR launches first of its ‘Incorporation Conversations’ series

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OECD expert meeting on child empowerment in Luxembourg

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Save the Children and Young at Art Making Policy Event

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Keynote at British Early Childhood Educational Research Association conference

11 April, 2025

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Victim Support NI Conference

11 April, 2025

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Presentation to the Department of Education

11 April, 2025

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Raising minimum age of criminal responsibility in NI

19 March, 2025

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Review of Sign Language Classes for Families of Deaf Children

13 March, 2025

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QUB CCR Collaboration with NICCY: Incorporation Conversations

26 February, 2025

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PhD Funded Studentships at the Centre for Children's Rights

5 February, 2025

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Seminar for Beloit College Students 23 May

2 May, 2024

Dr Chris Parker

Welcome to Dr. Chris Parker as Visiting Scholar in the Centre for Children’s Rights

10 November, 2023