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<p>The government remains committed to protecting and upholding children’s rights.
The department is confident that existing domestic legislation gives effect to the
rights within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child, including Article
19.</p><p>The Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004 set out a range of duties to
safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Furthermore, the government’s multi-agency
statutory guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ is clear that children
at risk of or experiencing harm from within or outside their home must receive the
support they need, recognising harms may arise from school, peer groups, online or
the wider community. This guidance was updated in December 2023 to strengthen multi-agency
working across the whole system of help, support and protection. More information
on the guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2</a>.</p><p>Importantly,
the department introduced new national multi-agency child protection standards setting
out what every individual, at every level, in every agency should do to work together
and understand their role, to improve child protection practice and outcomes for children.
The department has also strengthened expectations about the role of other agencies,
including police and health, in child protection processes.</p>
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