Children Are Unbeatable! Alliance - Action
The Children Are Unbeatable! Alliance campaigns for the UK to satisfy human rights obligations by modernising the law on assault to afford children the same protection as adults. More than 400 organisations and many more individuals are signed up supporters. It is the broadest campaign coalition ever assembled on a children's issue.
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Why support the Children Are Unbeatable! Alliance?
Please support the Children Are Unbeatable! Alliance because...
...hitting children is wrong.
...children are the smallest and most fragile citizens.
...it is unjust and disrespectful for children to have less protection from assault than adults.
...the UK must satisfy obligations under United Nations and European human rights agreements.
...in the 21st century, we all need to move on to end the legal and social acceptability of hitting children.
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Sign up to the aims of the Children Are Unbeatable! Alliance and campaign to achieve equal protection for children now. Simply click below and complete the short form. Get friends, family or work colleagues to sign up too. Or encourage groups or organisations to join.
What supporters say
We support the Children Are Unbeatable! Alliance because...
pic Maciek Jaloszynski
"...hitting children is simply wrong. We need zero tolerance of all domestic violence."
JOAN BAKEWELL
"...the current law is unjust and unsafe. The only credible way to clarify the law is to give children equal protection."
DAME MARY MARSH, NSPCC DIRECTOR & CHIEF EXECUTIVE
"...little people have at least as much right to protection against violence as adults."
JOHN EDMONDS
"...giving children the protection we take for granted is a fundamental principle of equality and human rights. We simply cannot ignore it any longer."
JANE ASHER
"...the ways in which we treat one another in the 21st century must express love, respect and non-violence."
REVD DAVID DEEKS, FORMER GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE METHODIST CHURCH
"...the law on assault must be modernised. We must all move on to end the legal and social acceptance of hitting children."
FIONA MILLAR
"...violence breeds further violence. Only by treating our young people with respect and compassion can we expect them to grow into non-violent citizens."
CAROLINE LUCAS MEP
"...children have human rights like the rest of us. Hitting people is wrong, and children are people too."
RICHARD WILSON
