Article 19

Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child concerns protecting children from abuse:

"1. States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s)d or any other person who has the care of the child.

2. Such protective measures should, as appropriate, include effective procedures for the establishment of social programmes to provide necessary support for the child and for those who have the care of the child, as well as for other forms of prevention and for identification, reporting, referral, investigation, treatment and follow-up of instances of child maltreatment described heretofore, and, as appropriate, for judicial involvement."

Children in Wales work relating to this Article

Information about the work carried out by Children in Wales in relation to this Article is available in the following sections of this site:

Children are Unbeatable!
Promoting Alternatives to Physical Punishment
Safeguarding Children

Other Information about how this Article is implemented in Wales

Policy

The Policy Section of this site contains information about consultations, other documents and legislation relating to Safeguarding Children. This information can be accessed from the Policy page by selecting Safeguarding Children from the menu on the right hand side and browsing through the different types of policy information.

An introduction to policy relating to Safeguarding Children is also available in the Policy Section.