Children’s constitutional rights ‘still not vindicated’

Children’s rights groups have marked the fifth anniversary of the passing of the children’s referendum by claiming there is still some distance to go before the rights enshrined in the Constitution are fully vindicated.

Barnardos, the Children’s Rights Alliance, and the ISPCC held a joint conference to comb over the developments of the past five years ahead of tomorrow’s anniversary of the referendum, highlighting the desperate situation faced by homeless children around the country and the formation of the child and family agency, Tusla.

A number of high-profile speakers addressed continuing gaps in service provision and in the law as regards children and their rights.