Appendix 1: Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) tool template Stage 3: Identify potential impacts Question 9: What are the positive impacts of the policy/legislation on the rights of children? Provide evidence-based detail of the impacts described in question 2. Consider how these impacts may directly or indirectly restrict the rights of children. If the right is absolute, provide detail about measures or safeguards in the policy/legislation that ensure the right is not limited. Question 10: What are the negative impacts of the policy/legislation on the rights of children? Provide evidence-based detail of the impacts described in question 2. Consider how these impacts may directly or indirectly restrict the rights of children. If the right is absolute, provide detail about measures or safeguards in the policy/legislation that ensure the right is not limited. Safeguarding Children: Using a child rights impact assessment to improve our laws and policies | 35