[1] CRAE was founded in 1991 to monitor the UK government's commitment to upholding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Their methods include lobbying government and others who hold power, supporting test cases, and using regional and international human rights mechanisms.
From April 2007 CRAE wrote a report on and tried influence the UK's response to the Convention on the Rights of the Child through their youth-led campaign arm Get Ready for Geneva.
This report was published in July 2015, and was launched in the Houses of Parliament, with MPs such as Tulip Siddiq and Alison Thewliss in attendance.
[6] The group attended the United Nations session in October 2015 to provide more evidence on topics mentioned in the report.