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Brexit: Implications for Children’s Rights An Update

Sean O’Neill

Policy Director CPG July 2018

No roll back on the existing rights of children & young people in Wales as part of the Brexit negotiation process No roll back on the existing rights of children & young people following date of departure (Inc. transition period) That children & young people have mechanisms in place for their voices to be heard as part of the Brexit process That opportunities are in place for the engagement of the children’s workforce That compliance with the UNCRC is maintained by all decision makers throughout the process

Brexit: Implications for Children’s Rights

Brexit: Implications for Children’s Rights

Children’s Rights

Frameworks

Social Cohesion EU Funding Voice Joint Briefing Paper (October

2017)

Roundtable Exchange Event

(Report March 2018) http://www.childreninwales.org.uk/our- work/brexit-childrens-rights-wales/

Brexit: Implications for Children’s Rights

Frameworks United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Human Rights Act Safeguarding Frameworks Other legal provisions & protections

Brexit: Implications for Children’s Rights

Frameworks EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Withdrawal Bill - Incorporation? European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 Royal Assent 26.06.2018 What Next? NAfW inquiry

Brexit: Implications for Children’s Rights

EU Funding European Structural Funds 2014-2020 Replacement funds? Shared Prosperity Fund Key asks for Wales Investing in Children Implications