Child Law Network Hosted in Belfast to Reflect on the Age of Criminal Responsibility
24th September 2026 For the first time, the Children’s Law Centre (CLC) hosted the Child Law Network in Belfast, bringing together children’s legal organisations, academics, practitioners and advocates from across the UK and Ireland to reflect on one of the most important questions facing children’s justice systems; when should a child become criminally responsible? The […]
Children Need Rights, Not Bans
Blog: Written by Emma Murray, Policy and Public Affairs Officer at the Children’s Law Centre Reframing the Debate Public debate about children and the digital world constantly swings between two poles: protection and participation. But from a children’s rights perspective, both are equally important, and policymaking must move beyond this unhelpful binary. The UK Government’s recent consultation on growing up […]
