Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011

The Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 2) is an act of the National Assembly for Wales that established several provisions with regard to Welsh Ministers complying with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

[1] The Welsh Government lacks devolution over justice, so the Measure does not apply to legal aid, policing, among other policy areas.

[2][3] The Measure also makes provisions for a children's scheme to ensure compliance with the convention.

"[4] In 2008 the four children's commissioners of the UK recommended incorporating the Convention into domestic law.

[5] On 18 January 2011, the Welsh Assembly passed Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011 partially incorporating the Convention into domestic law.