|
- September 2007
The
CCRC thinks Canadians have a right to know what Canada was asked to do in 2003
when its Second Report on the Rights of Children was reviewed. If the 45 recommendations
were followed, children in Canada would benefit. Read the overview to learn what
this means for children, and get additional information on specific issues in
the background notes. Canada reports again in 2009. It is time to take action
on the 2003 recommendations to improve our record.
- incl. links to :
*
Overview - 2003 Review of Canada’s Record * Non-Discrimination * Best Interests
of the Child * Accountability * CRC and Canadian Law * CRC and Basic Services
* Vulnerable Groups
Children: Silenced Citizens?
In
2004 the Senate Human Rights Committee began a study of Canada's international
obligations in relation to the rights of children in Canada. The final report
in 2007, Children: The Silenced Citizens, makes 24 recommendations to bring Canada
into compliance with our legal obligations. The government must respond to
the report by mid-November 2007. [bolding added]
- list of resources about the Convention
on the Rights of the Child including the full text of the convention, information
booklets, and a classroom curriculum.
Source:
(CCRC)
The Canadian Coalition
for the Rights of Children (CCRC) has been representing children's organizations
in Canada since 1989. The CCRC brings together Canadian organizations and individuals
who are concerned about the rights of children.
Related
links:
(PDF file - 768K, 61 pages)
By Jeanne Sarson and Linda
MacDonald
August 17, 2007
"(...) This Shadow Report exposes gaps that
have not been addressed in the Canadian Standing Senate Committee Final Report,
Children: The Silenced Citizens and offers solutions that, in our opinion, would
help address duty and promote caring so that Canada increasingly becomes a country
safe and supportive for all children. (Excerpt from the summary of recommendations)
Source:
|
Children:
The Silenced Citizens
EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF CANADA’S
INTERNATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
Final Report of the Standing
Senate Committee on Human Rights
The Honourable Raynell Andreychuk,
Chair
The Honourable Joan Fraser, Deputy Chair
April 2007
(1.3MB, 323 pages)
(...)In November 2004, the Standing Senate
Committee on Human Rights was authorized by the Senate to examine and report upon
Canada’s international obligations with regard to the rights and freedoms
of children. From the outset, the Committee reviewed Canada’s international
obligations with respect to children’s rights as a case study reflecting
the broader implications of ensuring that domestic legislation and policies comply
with Canada’s international human rights obligations, and in keeping with
a broader mandate that began with this Committee’s first report in 2001,
Promises to Keep: Implementing Canada’s Human Rights Obligations. The primary
aim of this study was to assess whether the United Nations Convention on the Rights
of the Child has been implemented, whether Canadian children are benefiting from
it, and whether the Convention has been used as a tool to address key problems
of facing children in this country. The Committee also looked at the role of Parliament
within this framework. (Excerpt from the Executive Summary)
Source:
Related link:
(PDF file
- 28K, 1 page)
Press Release
April 26, 2007
Ottawa, ON - The Standing
Senate Committee on Human Rights released a comprehensive report today with respect
to the rights of children. Children: The Silenced Citizens clearly indicates how
Canada’s “compliance is … inadequate”. The gap between “rhetoric
and reality” has left Canadian children vulnerable, with no representation
at the federal government level to work on their behalf.
Source:
|
Who's
in Charge Here? Effective Implementation of Canada's
International Obligations
with Respect to the Rights of Children
Interim Report of the Standing Senate
Committee on Human Rights
Nineteenth Report
Chair:
The Honourable Raynell Andreychuk
Deputy Chair: The Honourable Landon Pearson
November
2005
"On November 3, 2004, the Standing Senate Committee on Human
Rights (“the Committee”) was authorized by the Senate to examine and
report upon Canada’s international obligations with respect to the rights
and freedoms of children. In particular, the Committee was authorized to “examine
our obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child;
and whether Canada’s legislation as it applies to children meets our obligations
under this Convention.”" [Excerpt from p. 8 of the Introduction ]
(789K, 218 pages)
NOTE: I'd recommend the PDF version, because
the HTML version is in several chunks that you can access only via the table of
contents or by clicking the "Next" button in the corner of each page.
Source:
(38th Parliament, 1st Session)
[ ]
|
Stop Abusive States From
Playing System to Avert Criticism
News Release
January 14, 2009
(Washington, DC) - The incoming Obama administration will need to put human
rights at the heart of foreign, domestic, and security policy if it is to undo
the enormous damage of the Bush years, Human Rights Watch said today in issuing
its World Report 2009.
Complete report:
(PDF - 4.5MB, 576 pages)
January
2009
This report is Human Rights Watch's nineteenth annual review of human
rights practices around the globe. It summarises key human rights issues in more
than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events through November
2008. Each country entry identifies significant human rights issues, examines
the freedom of local human rights defenders to conduct their work, and surveys
the response of key international actors, such as the United Nations, European
Union, Japan, the United States, and various regional and international organisations
and institutions.
Source:
Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent
organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing
international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the
oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes.]
[
]
| Canada's National Plan of Action for Children
website
[THIS LINK IS DEAD.]
The Canadian government is moving
forward in the development of Canada's national plan of action (NPA) for children
Source:
- part of the
The Division Childhood and Adolescence is a focal
point for policy development, research, and strategic analysis of trends regarding
broad determinants of health regarding children and youth in Canada.
|
(PDF file - 151K, 23 pages)
June 2002
"A
World Fit for Children was negotiated over three years by the nations of the
world and adopted by consensus at the Special Session. It comprises three parts:
a) Declaration; b) Review of progress and lessons learned; and c) Plan of Action.
The Plan of Action focuses on four main themes: i) promoting healthy lives; ii)
providing quality education; iii) protecting against abuse, exploitation, and
violence; and iv) combating HIV/AIDS."
()
(PDF file - 1.2MB, 69 pages)
November 2006
By Carrie Reid and Peter Dudding
The
Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, along with the Child Welfare League of
Canada and the National Youth in Care Network, are proud to announce the release
of Building a Future Together: Issues and Outcomes for Transition-Aged Youth.
This paper examines the complex issues facing youth as they transition out of
state care and into adulthood. Eight areas are discussed: relationships, education,
housing, life skills, identity, youth engagement, emotional healing and financial
support. Also included is an examination of international practices in this area
as well as the results of a survey of transition to adulthood programs and policies
in each province and territory.
Related links:
(PDF
file - 242K, 31 pages)
September 2005
By Anne Tweddle
"This discussion
paper was prepared for the Modernizing Income Security for Working Age Adults
(MISWAA) Project in order to support and inform short- and long-term recommendations
respecting challenges facing youth leaving care."
Source:
("MISWAA")
- they produced the report
- they funded the report
(HRREC - University of Ottawa) |
The Human Rights Research and Education Centre
is an independent centre within the University of Ottawa. Its Director is a Professor
of the Faculty of Law. The Centre's Advisory Committee provides advice on major
new research and education directions, and works as an avenue for linkages and
communications with the various constituencies which the Centre serves.
"IICRD is a
Canadian leader in community-based, national, regional and international applications
of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). These applications
are unique in that they provide a "culturally grounded" approach to
children's rights that build on children's natural resiliency (strengths) as well
as the strengths of families, communities and culture."
Related
Link:
"Children as Partners is a place where young
people and adults from around the world who support child participation can share
what they think, what they know and helpful information."
Source:
University of Victoria
News Release
May 10, 2004
"The
Government of Canada today announced the release of A Canada Fit for Children,
its official response to the commitments made on May 10, 2002, at the United Nations
General Assembly Special Session on Children. (...) Senator Landon Pearson, who
was instrumental in developing the document, submitted it to the United Nations
in New York City on April 22, 2004, on behalf of the Government of Canada. 'A
Canada Fit for Children is the result of input from thousands of Canadians, including
young people, who have a common interest in the rights and well-being of children,'
said Senator Pearson."
Complete report:
A
Canada Fit for Children : Canada’s plan of action in response to the May
2002
United Nations Special Session on Children
April 2004
- (Table of contents) links to : Preface - Declaration - Toward A
Common Canadian Vision for Children - Plan of Action - Government of Canada Investments
in and Commitments to Children
(359K, 53 pages)
Google
News search Results : ""
Google Web Search Results : ""
Source:
-
incl. links to : * About Us * Canada and the UN * Overview of the UN * Diplomatic
Missions * Policy Positions * Statements * Press Releases * Press Review * e-mail
alerts * Events * Civil Society Gateway * FAQ * Quick Links (United
Nations - This Week at the UN - UN Journal - Press Releases - Jobs & Internships
- Canadian International Development Agency - Canada in the World - The UN Works
- UNICEF Canada - UNA-Canada) * Canadian Priorities (UN
Reform - Environment - Human Security - Human Rights - Counter-Terrorism - Global
Health - Millennium Development Goals
- this site is managed by the United
Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade Canada.
| at
"The mission of the Human Rights Program is to promote
the development, understanding, respect for and enjoyment of human rights in Canada."
|
- incl. links to : * Did You Know? * Links * Themes
and Tributes * Funding Program * Publications and Documents * Canadian Charter
of Rights and Freedoms * Human Rights in Canada * International Human Rights
-
Rights
of Children
[ This link is dead.]
- incl. links to : International
Initiatives | Canada's Engagement | FPT Initiatives | Other Resources
| National/Universal Child Day - November
20
|
"The theme for National
Child Day 2007 is The Right to be Active. The theme was chosen to encourage physical
activity among children and inform parents, caregivers and educators that physical
activity is essential to children’s health and well-being. This theme also
reflects Canada’s commitments under Article 24 of the United Nations Convention
of the Rights of the Child, which recognizes children’s right to be healthy
and enjoy the highest attainable standard of health."
- incl. links to:
* About National Child Day * Activities for Kids * For Parents/Caregivers
* For Educators * The Right to be Active * Partners & Links * Give us Feedback
* Download Poster
Source:
NOTE: In April 2007,
the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights released , a report on children's rights in Canada.
The Committee made with respect to Canada and the Convention on the Rights of
the Child. Article 24 of the Convention, which is the theme of this year's National
Child Day, is mentioned only in recommendation 15: "Pursuant to articles
2, 23, 24, 33, and 39 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Committee
recommends that the federal, provincial, and territorial governments implement
an improved process to improve services to special needs children by July 2008."
What
about the other 23 recommendations??
Is Canada committed ONLY to article 24
of the Convention??
Related links:
Canada has a poor
record on promoting children’s rights and healthy development, including
scandalously high rates of child poverty, according to a new report.
November
20, 2007
Canada has a poor record on promoting children’s rights and healthy
development, including scandalously high rates of child poverty, according to
a new report released on National Child Day. Improving the situation starts with
strong public services like child care.
NOTE: click
the link above to access over two dozen related resources --- see the links both
within the text and in the right-hand margin of the page
Source:
----------------------------------
20 November
- links to dozens of resources
Source:
------------------------------------------- - November 20
- incl. links to : Message from Senator
Pearson - National Child Day Activities - More about National Child Day - Partners
and Links - Fun Zone
- incl. Government Partners - Non-Governmental Organization
Partners - Other Interesting Links
Source:
[ ]
------
From
the
"After the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
was adopted in 1989, the UN General Assembly recommended that all countries choose
a day to promote children's welfare. Although observance of the day varies from
country to country, the Government of Canada designated November 20th as National
Child Day, to commemorate the day on which both the Declaration on the Rights
of the Child (1959) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) were
adopted."
-
-
-
------
From
the :
"National Child Day's purpose is to promote
awareness in Canada of the Convention. It is also a day to support Canadian children's
rights by voicing your concerns about Canadian children's rights violations to
the politicians of Canada and to educate our children about their rights and responsibilities."
(PDF file - 1.3MB, 45 pages)
"(...)
The Convention on the Rights of the Child came into international effect eighteen
years ago. This year, the first generation of children born with these universal
rights leave their childhoods officially behind them. Has the well-being of this
"first rights generation" improved? UNICEF Canada took the temperature
of this generation and we find that, while there has been some progress for some
children in some places, for too many children we've stalled or even regressed
in some aspects of their health, development and protection..."
UNICEF
Canada Calls for National Children's Commissioner to Protect Children's Rights
September
28, 2007
Despite the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
18 years ago, children in Canada continue to live in poverty and their voices
remain largely unheard, Nigel Fisher, President & CEO of UNICEF Canada, said
today at a forum on children's rights.
Source:
On November 20, 2007, the UN Convention
on the Rights of the Child (CRC) turns eighteen. Young people celebrating their
eighteenth birthday this year are the first generation born with universal rights
of their own. Have their childhood experiences with rights been something to celebrate?
"UNICEF
Canada believes a national Children’s Commissioner is crucial to focus national
responsibility and accountability for the implementation of the Convention in
Canada’s federal system."
on what it is like to be a child/young person in Canada and
what needs to be done to improve the conditions in which children grow up.
Your
views will inform the next Canadian report to the .
Past
conference:
September
13-14, 2004
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"South Asia Partnership Canada,
the Canadian Society for International Health, Planned Parenthood Federation of
Canada, the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, the Children and Armed Conflict
Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee, UNICEF Canada
and Action Canada for Population and Development invite you to a participatory
conference to accelerate the implementation of “A Canada Fit for Children”,
Canada’s National Plan of Action in South Asia.
Background
On
April 22, 2004, the Canadian Government submitted A Canada Fit For Children, Canada's
official response to its commitment for a National Plan of Action for children
made at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children in May
2002. An important feature of this plan is what Canada will do internationally
to help children. This participatory conference will focus on South Asia, where
there is the greatest concentration of people - and children - in poverty."
20 Aug 2004
"The
Canada Fit for Children (CFC) list-server starting on August 23, 2004, is an advance
discussion for conference participants and those who cannot attend in Canada and
in South Asia.
(...)Once you subscribe, you will then be able to post and receive
messages from like-minded colleagues from South Asia, Canada and other parts of
the world. The dialogue will be moderated and compiled for presentation to the
conference plenary in September."
Source:
"South Asia Partnership Canada serves as a
forum of Canadian organizations that, together and with South Asian partners,
works for sustainable human development in the region. SAP Canada works on three
major themes: Peace and Security, Governance and Democracy, and Sustainable Livelihoods."
UNICEF Canada Press Releases
August 27, 2001
Process Behind Session Is Noteworthy in Its Own Right
Related
Link:
(UNICEF) - [you'll find more UNICEF links further down
on this page]
|
"The National Children's Alliance is a network
of 54 national organizations committed to improving the lives of children and
youth in Canada."
|
(PDF file - 291K,
9 pages)
In this Issue:
- Towards Working Together
for Aboriginal Children in Canada– A National Children's Agenda (NCA) Workshop
- October 29th 2003
- Community Infrastructure Fund Update
- Keeping the
Promise – The Role of Monitoring in the Advocacy of the NCA” - NCA Workshop
November 27th –28th, 2003
- National Plan of Action
- Brief to the
Standing Committee on Finance
- China Delegation Visit (November 11)
- Meeting
with Minister Stewart (October 20, 2003)
- National Children’s Alliance
Member News
- more...
(PDF file - 311K,
29 pages)
April 2003
(PDF file - 142K, 6 pages)
June 2003
| (CCRC)
The Canadian Coalition
for the Rights of Children (CCRC) has been representing children's organizations
in Canada since 1989. The CCRC brings together Canadian organizations and individuals
who are concerned about the rights of children.
|
Best Interests of the Child: Meaning and Application
in Canada
The Best Interests of the Child is
a central principle in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. A new report,
released by the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, explores how this
principle has been used, misused, and under-used in the context of Canadian policy
and practice. The report, entitled Best Interests of the Child: Meaning and
Application in Canada, proposes a rights-based approach for application in
a wide variety of areas. Based on research and a national, multi-disciplinary
conference, the report hopes to foster reflection in Canada on how well we are
living up to our commitment to act in the best interests of children.
Complete
report:
(PDF
- 3.8MB, 90 pages)
June 2009
Further information:
* (June 2008)
* (June 2008)
Source:
The Canadian
Coalition for the Rights of Children is a non-profit, voluntary organization
dedicated to the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
in Canada and around the world.
---
- September 2007
The
CCRC thinks Canadians have a right to know what Canada was asked to do in 2003
when its Second Report on the Rights of Children was reviewed. If the 45 recommendations
were followed, children in Canada would benefit. Read the overview to learn what
this means for children, and get additional information on specific issues in
the background notes. Canada reports again in 2009. It is time to take action
on the 2003 recommendations to improve our record.
- incl. links to :
*
Overview - 2003 Review of Canada’s Record * Non-Discrimination * Best Interests
of the Child * Accountability * CRC and Canadian Law * CRC and Basic Services
* Vulnerable Groups
Children: Silenced Citizens?
In
2004 the Senate Human Rights Committee began a study of Canada's international
obligations in relation to the rights of children in Canada. The final report
in 2007, Children: The Silenced Citizens, makes 24 recommendations to bring Canada
into compliance with our legal obligations. The government must respond to the
report by mid-November 2007.
- list of resources about the Convention
on the Rights of the Child including the full text of the convention, information
booklets, and a classroom curriculum.
| "Save the Children
Canada is a non-political, non-sectarian organization that has spent 80 years
working to protect the children of the world from neglect, cruelty and exploitation.
The organization's role has ranged from giving emergency aid to starving young
victims, to supporting children, families and communities in developing countries
and at home in Canada."
NOTE : this
site no longer exists.
Thanks to the , though, .
|
Highly
recommended site - tons of content!
"The Canadian Children's Rights Council
was formed in the early 1990's to monitor compliance of the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of the Child in Canada. (...) We are a non-profit, non governmental
educational and advocacy organization dedicated to supporting the rights and responsibilities
of Canadian children. (...) We are a member of the , an international, world-wide organization
which is comprised of over 2000 member children's rights organizations."
-
covers many aspects of children's rights, including child poverty, child and youth
justice, children's identity rights, child protection, parental alienation syndrome
and much more...
- large section devoted to education about the U.N. Convention
on the Rights of the Child + analysis of the Government of Canada's actions and
reports to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
- 200+ links in the following areas:
* United Nations * Human Rights Commissions in Canada * Human Rights Commissions
in countries other than Canada * Child Genital Mutilation * Child Abuse * The
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN ) * Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS)
* Youth Suicide * Children's Identity Rights / Children's Identity Fraud / Paternity
Fraud * Child Poverty * ADHD - Ritlan * National Child Day * Canadian Family Law
/ Parent support Groups * Canadian University Human Rights Related Sites * International
Children's Rights Links * Non-Canadian University / College Human Rights Related
Sites * Canadian University Law Schools * Other Links of Interest
- large collection of online resources, mostly news articles.
"National Child Day's purpose is to promote
awareness in Canada of the Convention. It is also a day to support Canadian children's
rights by voicing your concerns about Canadian children's rights violations to
the politicians of Canada and to educate our children about their rights and responsibilities."
| (English home page of the
Quebec ministry of employment and social solidarity)
|
(fichier PDF - 420Ko., 38 pages)
[NOTE: this document is available only
in French. It is Québec's report to the UN Special Session on Children]
Services à la famille
27 janvier 2005
Ce document fait suite
à la Session extraordinaire des Nations Unies consacrée aux enfants
qui s’est tenue à New York en mai 2002. À cette occasion, les
États membres, dont le Canada, ont renouvelé leurs engagements de
fixer de nouveaux objectifs afin de mieux soutenir les enfants.
Source:
(page d'accueil en français
du Ministère)
(English home page of the Ministry)
Liens
connexes:
Les
droits de l'enfant (une page de liens sur le site que vous visitez présentement)
(ministère du gouvernement fédéral)
|
"The United Nations
vision is of a world in which the human rights of all are fully respected and
enjoyed in conditions of global peace. The High Commissioner works to keep that
vision to the forefront through constant encouragement of the international community
and its member States to uphold universally agreed human rights standards."
|
(PDF file - 185K, 14 pages)
October 3, 2003
(PDF file
- 992K, 284 pages)
March 12, 2003
- second report submitted by Canada under
the terms of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- contains information
on measures adopted by the Government of Canada and the provincial and territorial
governments to ensure the protection of children’s rights in Canada.
-
covers (mainly) the period of January 1993 to December 1997 (with occasional
exceptions).
"While the ratification of international treaties is the
prerogative of the Government of Canada, implementation of the treaties requires
the active participation of the governments which have jurisdiction over the subject
matters covered. In Canada, the responsibility for areas covered by the Convention
on the Rights of the Child is shared by the Government of Canada, the provincial
governments and, following a delegation of authority by the Parliament of Canada,
the territorial governments."
Implementation of the Convention on the Rights
of the Child
List of issues to be taken up in connection with the consideration
of the second periodic report of Canada
July 3, 2003
Committee on the
Rights of the Child, 34th Session
Pre-sessional Working Group
10 –
13 June 2003
|
From
the :
- links to 34 submissions and
4 background papers covering many aspects of child rights in early childhood,
including one from Canada:
(PDF file - 195K, 7 pages)
-
from the
- incl. Guide to
Reporting | Guide to Networking | National Coalitions | Alternative Reports |
About NGO Group| Working Paper | Contact | more...
|
*
September 21, 2007
Geneva, Switzerland4
The
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child devoted its 2007 Day of General Discussion
to the subject "Resources for the Rights of the Child - Responsibility of
States", Investments for the Implementation of Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights of Children and International Cooperation (CRC article 4).
*NOTE:
this page contains links to 30+ recent NGO submissions and contributions to the
Committee
Related links:
Press
document
January 23, 2004
"The Committee on the Rights of the Child
this morning exchanged views with representatives of States parties to the Convention
on the Rights of the Child during which the Committee’s proposal to divide
its work into two chambers was discussed. Many representatives of States parties
expressed support for the idea of splitting the Committee into two chambers which
would consider different country reports simultaneously. This would allow the
Committee to reduce the backlog of reports it was currently facing."
Press
Release
September 17, 2003
"The Committee on the Rights of the Child
today considered the second periodic report of Canada on how that country was
implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child."
Press Release
September 10, 2003
"The
Committee on the rights of the child is holding its thirty-fourth session in Geneva
from 15 September to 3 October 2003 to review reports from San Marino, Canada,
New Zealand, Pakistan, Madagascar, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Bangladesh and
Georgia."
| (Florence, Italy)
"UNICEF Innocenti
Research Centre (IRC) works to strengthen the capacity of UNICEF and its cooperating
institutions to respond to the evolving needs of children and to develop a new
global ethic for children."
|
(PDF file - 742K, 30 pages)
November
2004
"The reports of the CRC Implementation Report will further develop
a UNICEF IRC study on the impact of the Convention on the Rights of Child through
a distinctive focus on “general measures of implementation” of the CRC
– measures that make possible the sustained monitoring, promotion and protection
of child rights. The first report will analyze the national experiences of 30
States from Europe and Latin-Caribbean regions in implementing the general measures
of implementation of the CRC. This report will also analyze regional strengths,
achievements and challenges faced in this regard."
[NOTE: includes references
to Canada]
|
"The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
is a global network based in the U.K. that disseminates information about the
Convention on the Rights of the Child and child rights amongst non-governmental
organisations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, inter-governmental organisation
(IGOs), educational institutions, and other child rights experts."
-
LARGE site - containing references to hundreds of publications, recent news and
upcoming events, as well as details of organisations working worldwide for children.
The site also includes NGO reports reports submitted to the UN Committee on the
Rights of the Child.
The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) continues
to be one of the largest networks within the global child rights community. Approximately
1,300 child rights organisations in 137 countries have joined CRIN.
|
At present, the European Union (EU)
institution has no obligation to respect the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child (CRC). However, all EU Member States as individuals are bound to it as they
ratified the Convention.
Related links:
Established in 1997, ENOC
links independent offices for children from twelve countries in Europe. Its aims
are:
* to encourage the fullest possible implementation of the Convention on
the Rights of the child,
* to support collective lobbying for children’s
rights,
* to share information, approaches and strategies,
* and to promote
the development of effective independent offices for children.
The European Children's Network - EURONET
- is a coalition of networks and organisations campaigning for the interests and
rights of children (defined in the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
as all persons under 18 years of age). They share a common concern that children's
rights should be taken into account in all EU legislation, policies and programmes
which have an impact on children's rights.
(773K, 20 pages)
Published
by and
File date: November 2007
This report examines "meaningful"
and "ethical" children's participation but essentially, it means that
children's participation must be guided by the general principles of the Convention
on the Rights of the Child, namely: non-discrimination, the best interest of the
child, the right to life, survival and development and respect for the child's
views.
(PDF file - 1.7MB, 76
pages)
[]
Published by and
Report analyses alternative reports that have included children.
The guidelines respond to the gap in information concerning children's involvement
in the reporting process, and hope to promote and strengthen children's meaningful
participation within this area.
Source:
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Updates by email (incl. subscription info)
CRINMAIL - email newsletter (recent selections and
special editions):
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Domestic Workers in Asia and the Middle East [publication]
* UNITED STATES: Torture Not Treatment - Electric-shock
and long-term restraint on children and adults with disabilities at the
Judge Rotenburg Center [publication]
* UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: Reports and analysis
of child rights references
* HEALTH: Children over-exposed to radiation in
CT scans, UN atomic agency warns [news]
* EARLY MARRIAGE: Nigeria - investigation into
senator's 'child bride' [news]
* ONLINE SAFETY: NSPCC 'snapshot' of court cases
reveals 2m online child sex abuse images [news]
* EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children and Child Rights
Information Network
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: First Europe, then the US
– now abuse claims sweep Latin America [news]
* NIGERIA: Governors ‘threaten to execute
inmates’ to ease prison congestion [news]
* NEW ZEALAND: Child Witnesses in the New Zealand Criminal
Courts - A review of practice and implications for policy [publication]
* CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Europe presses UK to introduce
total ban on smacking children [news]
* GENDER: Global map of adolescent girls [resource]
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sexuality education [event]
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and Inter-American Commission (scholarship)
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* HUMAN RIGHTS COMMENT: Children coming alone as migrants should not be
automatically returned [viewpoint]
* TRANSPARENCY: Publishing What We Learned [publication]
* HONDURAS: UN representative advises State to derogate "Anti-gang
law" [news]
* PRIVACY: US school accused of using laptops to spy on pupils [news]
* UNITED KINGDOM: Cost of putting children in care blamed for assaults
on under-10s [news]
* ZIMBABWE: Worrying rise in STIs among young people [news]
* EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children Sweden, UNICEF and NGO Group for the CRC
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* GLOBAL: UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
[declaration]
* CHILDREN AND DRUGS: 53rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
[news]
* INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Questionnaire on the situation of persons
deprived of liberty in the Americas [questionnaire]
* UNITED STATES: House of Representatives holds hearing on corporal punishment
in public schools [news]
* LEBANON: Children submit first child-led report to UN [news]
* CHILD LABOUR: China's Youth Meet Microsoft [publication]
* CRIN VACANCY: Child Rights Officer - English/French
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* EUROPE: Roma say woes deepen amid economic crisis [news]
* SENEGAL: Boys in many Quranic schools suffer severe abuse [publication]
* LEBANON: Women must have the right to pass on nationality to their children
[news]
* UNITED STATES: Girl sues for $1m over arrest for desk scribble [news]
* SOUTH KOREA: Children face gaming curfew [news]
* CHINA-TIBET: Quake kills 400, injures thousands [news]
* VIOLENCE: 10th Anniversary of the World Day for Prevention of Child
Abuse [event]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* GLOBAL: Prominent British atheists endorse efforts to seek Pope's
arrest [news]
* ONLINE SAFETY: Facebook resists installing on-site 'panic button' [news]
* CENTRAL ASIA: Risks and Realities of Child Trafficking and Exploitation
in Central Asia [publication]
* SAUDI ARABIA: Lawmakers back UN child rights pact [news]
* SOUTH AFRICA: First test of child justice law [news]
* VIETNAM: Living with Agent Orange [news]
* EMPLOYMENT: International Disability Alliance
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* JUVENILE JUSTICE: Call for efficient, fair and
specialised juvenile justice systems [news]
* ASEAN: Cautious welcome for Women and Children's
Commission [news]
* MYANMAR/BURMA: Displaced Childhoods - Human Rights
and International Crimes against Burma's Internally Displaced Children
[publication]
* NEW ZEALAND: Ban on Corporal Punishment in the
Home - Referendum and After [publication]
* PARAGUAY: Proposal to ban informal workers from
public spaces [news]
* CROATIA: Human Rights Court orders Croatia to
pay for anti-Roma discrimination [news]
* EMPLOYMENT: Children's Rights Alliance for England,
UNICEF and Arigatou International
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* CAMPAIGN: A Call for Global Protections for Child Domestic Workers
* INDIA: Right to education launched [news]
* GLOBAL: Raising Clean Hands: Advancing Learning, Health and Participation
through WASH in Schools [publication]
* UNITED KINGDOM: An Anatomy of Youth [publication]
* SOMALIA: Human trafficking on the increase [news]
* EMPLOYMENT: World Organisation Against Torture, UNICEF and A.M. Qattan
Foundation
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* GLOBAL: Death Sentences and Executions in 2009 [publication]
* ASEAN: No hope in sight for NGO participation [news]
* CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT: A Guide to International Humanitarian and
Human Rights Law [publication]
* AFGHANISTAN: Assessment of Juvenile Justice [publication]
* JAPAN: Racism and discrimination common, says UN envoy [news]
* COURSES: Human Rights Distance Learning
* FROM THE FRONTLINE: Edmund Foley, Institute for Human Rights and Development
in Africa [interview]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Report on session 138 [publication]
* COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Consultation with experts on the prevention of sexual
abuse of children [publication]
* UNITED KINGDOM: Differential treatment in the youth justice system [publication]
* CAMBODIA: Foreign adoptions by 2011 [news]
* DR CONGO: Trail of Death: LRA Atrocities in Northeastern Congo [publication]
* COURSE: Utrecht Summerschool – International Juvenile Justice (12-22
July 2010)
* EVENT: Aflatoun“ChildFinance” expert meeting on 7-9 June 2010
in the Netherlands
* EMPLOYMENT:UNICEF and International Catholic Child Bureau (Bice)
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: Council to develop UN communications procedure
for violations of children's rights [news]
* EL SALVADOR: Violence against women and girls remains a significant
challenge [news]
* EGYPT: Draft law threatens to strangle civil society [statement]
* YEMEN: Women rally in support of child bride law [news]
* TRAFFICKING: South Africa to fast-track human trafficking law [news]
* BELGIUM: 2010 Interdisciplinary Course on Children's Rights [course]
* EMPLOYMENT: UNICEF [job posting]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* DENMARK: Child rights group wants review of church secrecy laws [news]
* UNITED KINGDOM: Safe at Last? Children on the front line of UK Border
control [publication]
* HAITI: Earthquake opens window on dismal prisons [news]
* NORTHEAST INDIA: 70,000 child workers in coal mines [news]
* SOUTHERN AFRICA: Fifth meeting of network to end corporal and humiliating
punishment of children [news]
* NETHERLANDS: International Human Rights Academy [course]
* EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children Denmark [job posting]
**CRIN NOTICEBOARD**
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* African Committee: Session 15
* African Committee's work gathers steam with civil society support
* The African Committee: Factfile 2010
* Special session on violence against children
* From the Frontline: Interviews with Ms. Seynabou Ndiaye Diakhaté
* Employment: African Child Policy Forum
**News in brief**
**Quiz**
* GLOBAL: Twelfth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice [event]
* MALAYSIA: Government flouting Child Act says Bar Council [news]
* BAHRAIN: Weak laws for rapists [news]
* ITALY: The wrong answer: 'Nomad Plan' violates the housing rights of
Roma [publication]
* NIGERIA: Trafficking convictions up but progress slow [news]
* CARIBBEAN: Region's youth worry about galloping crime [publication]
* EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children Sweden - MENA and Arigatou International
**NEWS IN BRIEF*
* Child rights news from the 13th session
* Side events
* NGO statements
* Interviews
* Other news
* NIGERIA: Investigate massacre, step up patrols [news]
* HONDURAS: Inter-American Commission condemns repression against activists
and their children [news]
* PARTICIPATION: How to support children and young people's campaigning
[publication]
* MACEDONIA: Speak out against violence, urges new campaign [news]
* INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Session 138 [event]
* ASIA: 2010 Grant for Democracy and Human Rights [news]
* FROM THE FRONTLINE: Paul Mason, Commissioner for Children, Tasmania
[interview]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* PAKISTAN: First child rights portal launched [news]
* IRAQ: Fallujah doctors report rise in birth defects [news]
* UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 10-year-olds forced to risk lives racing camels
[news]
* INDIA: Panel moots minimum age for children on reality TV shows [news]
* TURKEY: Children detained for exercising right to freedom of expression
[publication]
* ROMANIA: Starting Early on Human Rights With School Textbook [news]
* CRIN NOTICEBOARD
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* EARTHQUAKES: Haiti – Chile – Kyrgyzstan [update]
* EGYPT: Rights group slams Education Minister's comments on corporal
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* NETHERLANDS: Eviction of undocumented children unlawful [news]
* INDIA: Children not included in "inclusive" budget [publication]
* UGANDA: Last chance to shelve Anti-Homosexuality Bill should not be
missed, warn UN human rights experts [news]
* EDUCATION: Africa Education Watch - Good governance lessons for primary
education [publication]
* SOUTHERN AFRICA: Children that slip across borders [news]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Call for Consultation of Children on Guidelines for
Child-Friendly Justice [news]
* EL SALVADOR: President Funes vetoes 15-year sentences for minors [news]
* GLOBAL: Learn without fear - the global campaign to end violence in
schools [publication]
* ELECTIONS: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights [call
for action]
* JAMAICA: Young offenders caught up in adult system [news]
* NEW ZEALAND: This is how I see it - Children, young people and young
adults' views and experiences of poverty [publication]
* CHILD RIGHTS: Policy briefings [publications]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* YEMEN: The Situation of Children in Armed Conflict [publication]
* AFRICA: Session 15 of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights
and Welfare of the Child [event]
* NEW ZEALAND: Treating children as criminals ‘backward step’
[news]
* SOUTH EAST EUROPE: Protecting the rights of child victims of trafficking
in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia [publication]
* SOCIAL CONTROL: The Widening Web of Social Control - A human rights
analysis of public policy responses to crime, social problems and deviance
[publication]
* GLOBAL: Children’s right to be heard and effective child protection
[publication]
* CONFERENCE REPORT: Implementing children's rights - the best way to
fight poverty!
* UN: Cluster bomb treaty to enter into force [news]
* ISRAEL: Children as young as 12 arrested in night raids in Silwan, East
Jerusalem [news]
* EUROPE: The European Court of Human Rights - a body under pressure [news]
* GAMBIA: State expels UNICEF envoy [news]
* GERMANY: Noisy children no longer verboten in Berlin [news]
* IRAN: Rejection of UN human rights recommendations is contemptuous [news]
* CRIN NOTICEBOARD
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COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE: Campaign Update [news]
DISCRIMINATION: Children detained for status offences in Panama and Tanzania
[news]
CRC: Session reports for 53rd session now available [publications]
AFRICA: The 3rd Civil Society Forum on the African Charter on the Rights
and Welfare of the Child [event]
UNESCO: Education Under Attack 2010 [publication]
INDONESIA: Guarantee Domestic Workers’ Rights in 2010 [news]
CALL FOR PAPERS: Child Sexual Abuse in sub-Saharan Africa
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* JAPAN: Child Rights under Japanese Law [publication]
* BULGARIA: Country report by the Commissioner
for Human Rights at the Council of Europe [publication]
* INDIA: Understanding Untouchability [publication]
* PAKISTAN: Children must be protected from violence,
demands NGO [news]
* AUSTRALIA: Aboriginal children still at risk
says PM [news]
* UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: Cooperation with the
United Nations human rights mechanisms [call for information]
* EMPLOYMENT: UNICEF
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* ASEAN: Indonesia seeks candidates for Children's
Commission [news]
* EUROPE: Disappearing, Departing, Running Away:
A surfeit of children in Europe? [publication]
* SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Rights Commission seeks Annulment
for child bride [news]
* CHINA: Court sentenced activist who investigated
children's deaths in 2008 quake [news]
* ARMED CONFLICT: Take action to achieve universal
ratification of OPAC [news]
* EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children Sweden and UNICEF
* CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: International Children's
Peace Prize 2010
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* DISABILITY: Council of Europe calls for
deinstitutionalisation of children with disabilities [news]
* NEPAL: Nepal should suspend adoptions [news]
* URUGUAY: Report of the Special Rapporteur on
torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
[publication]
* INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Rapporteurships assigned
[news]
* EMPLOYMENT: The Campaign for U.S. Ratification
of the CRC
* EVENTS
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* CRC: Committee adopts Concluding Observations
for 53rd session [news]
* UN: EU politician tapped for UN post against
sexual violence [news]
* COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE: Report of the UN Working
Group [news]
* HAITI: Americans accused of child trafficking
[news]
* INDIA: Protests over Kashmir boy's death [news]
* MAURITANIA: Fatwa alone will not stop female
genital mutilation [news]
* EUROPE: 2010 European Drug Prevention Prize -
call for applications
* EMPLOYMENT: ECLT Foundation
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
* BELGIUM: Detention of Chechen children unlawful [news]
* GLOBAL: State of the world's indigenous people [publication]
* ROMANIA: Roma families forcibly evicted [news]
* CANADA: Are We Doing Enough? A status report on Canadian public policy
and child and youth health [publication]
* SWITZERLAND: Support for young “sans papiers” grows [news]
* EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children International
* CRIN NOTICEBOARD
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
2009 - Child rights round-up
**Quiz** New Year special
Table of contents:
* Editorial
*
1989: Beyond the CRC
* The birth of a Convention
* Establishing a communications
procedure for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
* ENOC: Statement on
20th Anniversary of the CRC
* Quiz! CRC20 special
**News in Brief**
Factsheet
on child rights (PDF - 148K, 5 pages)
The
aim of this factsheet is to clarify the meaning of child rights, and to challenge
some of the popular arguments used to obstruct their implementation. It may help
as an information or advocacy tool, although it is not intended as a comprehensive
guide to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
More
links to info
about the CRC from CRIN
CRC20:
CRIN's dedicated webpage
* Introduction
* Guide to non-discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the
Child
* Age discrimination
* A-Z of discrimination
* Challenging discrimination
* In the spotlight: recent news on children and discrimination
* Also on the site
* Quizzes
*
Complaints mechanism: Council takes first step
* Alternative care: Guidelines
edge towards New York
Breaking
news: Top envoy on violence against children finally appointed.
Read more
in the Violence CRINMAIL:
*
INTRODUCTION: The Convention's first birthday [update]
* GUIDE: Using the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to promote the rights of
children [publication]
* YOUTH-LED ADVOCACY: Young people lobby their government
- quotes
* IT'S ABOUT ABILITY: An explanation of the Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities [child-friendly version of the Convention]
*
RESOURCES: News - publications - laws - contribute
**SUBMISSION** Ana Peláez
Narváez
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
- Special edition on children and the media
*
Representations of children in news media
* Resources
and organisations on children and the media
* New: You
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* CRIN's Media Toolkit
*
Employment: European Interagency Security Forum
**News
in Brief**
**Quiz** Children and the media
* 2008 - Child rights
round-up
**Quiz** New Year special
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* CHILD RIGHTS AND THE MDGs
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
**QUIZ:
Special edition on the MDGs**
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*
Introduction: Landmark treaty on the rights of persons with disabilities enters
into force
* A Guide to Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities
- call for comments
* It’s About Ability - An explanation of the Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
* Resources: Campaigns - Laws -
News - Publications - Contribute
**Interview** Gerison Lansdown
**Quiz special
on the rights of children with disabilities**
* Introduction:
What do soaring food prices mean for children?
* The Right to Food - and what
a rights-based approach means
* Publications and factsheets
* News stories
*
Organisation websites
**Other news**
**Quiz
special on the Right to Food**
- UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: Child rights highlights [news]
-
NGO SIDE EVENTS: Round-up of child rights events [reports]
- UN: High Commissioner
for Human Rights Louise Arbour (Canada) to step down in June [news]
- UN SPECIAL
PROCEDURES: Facts and Figures 2007 [publication]
- INTERVIEW: Juan Miguel Petit
-
EMPLOYMENT: International Bureau for Children’s Rights [job posting]
**NEWS
IN BRIEF**
**QUIZ**
In June 2006, the Human Rights Council
replaced the Commission on Human Rights as the main UN body in charge of monitoring
and protecting fundamental rights and freedoms.
- includes the
* Quotes from the event
* Report from Children's
Forum and Ombudsmen meeting
* Day One from the 'World Fit For Children' follow-up
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[report]
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- STATES PARTIES INFORMATION: State
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Table of contents:
- Committee on the
Rights of the Child: 44th session closes
- State reports and Alternative reports
-
Committee on the Rights of the Child issues its Concluding Observations
- General
Comment No. 10: Children's Rights in Juvenile Justice
- Elections to the Committee
on the Rights of the Child to be held this month
- Montenegro becomes the 193rd
State Party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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18 July 2006
-
JUNIOR 8: Young People Share Their Views with G8 Leaders [news]
-
NGOS: G8 Failing to Act Ambitiously to Tackle Poverty [statements]
-
AFRICA: Progress and Next Steps [report]
- EDUCATION:
UNESCO Director-General Speaks of Financial Gap [news]
-
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: President Vladimir Putin Must Review Legislation on Civil
Society [news]
- CIVIL SOCIETY: Recommendations Presented
at Civil G8 2006 [recommendations]
- RESOURCES: Reviews
and How-Tos
- EMPLOYMENT: ECPAT International - Consortium
for Street Children [job postings]
Child
Rights Information Network (CRIN) web page on the 2005 WTO conference in Hong
Kong (see the links below):
NOTE:
all 15 WTO links in this section are from the CRINMAIL (e-mail newsletter) #739:
Special Edition on the World Trade Organisation Talks"
You can find the
entire issue (#739) here:
I
can't offer you the exact link to issue 739 because the CRIN website is down for
"maintenance" today, as I type these words --- if the link is still
broken when you click it, try again later...
Here's the table of contents to
CRINMAIL 739:
- WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION TALKS: What are they? [Q&A]
-
CHILD POVERTY: Impacts of trade liberalisation on poor children [publication]
-
HUMAN RIGHTS: Using exception clauses to protect human rights [publication]
-
TRADE INVADERS: Developing Countries' Right to Protect [publication]
- FAIR
TRADE: Supporting poor countries to trade their way out of poverty [publication]
-
USEFUL WEBSITES: International organisations, News and NGOs [resources]
April 13, 2005
"The
construction of a legal framework required to fully satisfy obligations under
a United Nations convention to protect children will be an ongoing process in
Canada, Justice Minister Irwin Cotler told the Senate Human Rights Committee on
Monday. Mr. Cotler said that each new law or regulation passed by Parliament will
continue to obey the rules of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as with
all international norms. However, he stopped short of endorsing complete compliance
with each one of the Convention's elements, some of which have provoked controversy
since its UN approval over 15 years ago. (...) The UN General Assembly passed
the Convention in 1989, and since then it has earned almost universal acceptance,
with the exceptions being the United States and Somalia. The U.S. has come under
fire for its refusal to agree to a treaty that bans the death penalty for children
under 18 years old. Canada ratified the Convention in 1991."
Source:
- "Diplomacy this Week"
Committee
on the Rights of the Child Opens 38th Session (January 10-28, 2005)
States
Parties Reports for the 38th Session - incl. reports from governments of Sweden,
Albania, Luxembourg, Austria, Belize, the Bahamas, Iran, Togo, Bolivia and Nigeria
"on their efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights
of the Child."
"Reports
submitted by NGOs to the Committee on the Rights of the Child are made available
on the CRIN website, in partnership with the NGO Group for the Convention on the
Rights of the Child. These reports are known as NGO Alternative Reports."
CRINMAIL
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Selected
content from CRINMAIL 628:
[NOTE: the links below are just a sampling
of what you'll find CRINMAIL 628 - you should read the whole newsletter if this
is a field that interests you...]
- links to
nine events taking place (in Belgium, Switzerland, Canada [see the next link
below], United Kingdom, etc.) to mark the 15th anniversary of the adoption
of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Cross-Topic
Special Children's Well-Being [web portal]
November 16, 2004
"Children in poor countries
are five times as likely to die before their fifth birthdays. Children under the
age of 14 are among the most vulnerable people in the world. In poor countries,
they are five times as likely to die before their fifth birthday due to perinatal
causes and preventable diseases. Past the age of 10, the human rights of children
are violated when they are exploited as child laborers, trafficked for sexual
exploitation and pornography, and forced into service as child soldiers. This
Development Gateway Cross-Topic Special addresses Millennium Development Goal
4 , aimed at reducing by half child mortality for children under five by 2015;
Goal 5, to improve maternal health; and the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child whose anniversary is commemorated on Universal Children's Day on November
20. This Special also coincides with World AIDS Day on December 1, recognizing
the social and medical impact on children of the global pandemic." [bolding
added]
Source:
"Plan is an international, child-centred development organisation with
no religious, political or governmental affiliations. We work with 1.3 million
children, their families and communities in developing countries all over the
world, implementing projects at the grassroots level in health, education, water
and sanitation, income-generation and cross-cultural communication."
Related
Link:
"Foster
Parents Plan is part of the international organization Plan, a humanitarian, child-centred
development organization working with families and their communities to meet the
needs of children around the world. Non-political, and with no religious affiliations,
we aim to build a better world for children, now and in the future."
Also
from CRIN:
"These
pages contain resources on rights-based programming. You can access a selection
of documents either directly through the Documents section or according to theme.
Other information such as events, courses, announcements, links, and CRINMAILs
are found under Information. In addition, there is a guide that introduces different
aspects of rights-based programming. The site is fully searchable."
Rights
Themes: All the resources on the site can be viewed according to theme. Each
theme has a short introduction, followed by links to relevant resources.
-
themes include : Budgets -
- Education - Emergencies - Gender - Health - HIV/AIDS - Overviews of Rights-Based
Approaches - Participation - Poverty and Livelihoods - Water
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(Word file - 41K, 5 pages)
"The Committee on the
Rights of the Child issued recommendations following the thematic discussion day
on early childhood development that was held during its 37th Session in Geneva
on 17 September. The Committee underlined the importance of the early childhood
years as critical for laying solid foundation for the sound development of the
child's personality, talents, mental and physical abilities."
Related
Link:
"(Vancouver,
May 8, 2003) – Consultative activities to develop Canada’s national
plan of action (NPA) for children are continuing this week with a regional dialogue
in Vancouver that will bring together representatives from the NGO child and youth
serving community as well as young people (under the age of 18). The meeting in
Vancouver is the second of four regional dialogues that aim to generate discussion
and recommendations for the NPA based on existing commitments, including the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and National Children’s Agenda.
The first regional dialogue took place in Ottawa on March 30-31, and future meetings
will take place in Winnipeg and Halifax in May and June."
Reader
on National Plans of Action for Children
Follow-up to 'A World Fit for Children'
and the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
August 14,
2003
"...contains selected resources relating to the follow-up to the
UN Special Session on Children, and its outcome document, 'A World Fit for Children.'
It includes guidance on involvement in the development of national plans of action
(NPAs). It also highlights basic texts, regional commitments, guidance on involvement
and monitoring and evaluation guides."
(117K, 2 pages)
(98K, 2 pages)
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April 2002
- links to a dozen key websites
and documents
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Archives
of all these services can be viewed on CRIN's website at
Source:
"The Child Rights Information Network
(CRIN) is a global network based in the U.K. that disseminates information about
the Convention on the Rights of the Child and child rights amongst non-governmental
organisations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, inter-governmental organisation
(IGOs), educational institutions, and other child rights experts."
NOTE:
the following is a selection of excerpts from CRINMAIL 707 - highly recommended!
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14-16 September 2005
New
York
"In September, the largest gathering of world leaders in history
will see over 170 Heads of State converging to the United Nations Headquarters
in New York for the 2005 World Summit. The Summit will be an opportunity to review
progress made so far towards the Millennium Development Goals, and to take decisions
in the areas of development, security, human rights and reform of the United Nations."
Related
Links:
(PDF file - 442K, 39 pages)
- submitted by the
President of the General Assembly
-
by Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Source:
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MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: What are they?
The Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) are a list of eight quantified targets for addressing global poverty
in its different aspects: income poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter,
lack of access to clean water, exclusion, gender inequality, lack of education,
etc. The goals were drafted by a consensus of experts from
the United Nations Secretariat, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank in 1999. At
the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, 189 Heads of State and Governments
pledged to work together to meet these goals by 2015. They signed the Millennium
Declaration, which was then translated into a roadmap with 18 specific targets
and 48 indicators in order to measure progress towards each goal:
To
read the 8 goals, 18 targets and 48 indicators, visit:
To
read the Millennium Declaration, visit:
For
general and up-to-date information on the MDG progress, visit CRIN's dedicated
webpage at:
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8 GOALS: Online Information and Resources by Issue
GENDER
and the Millennium Development Goals (OXFAM)
HEALTH
and the Millennium Development Goals (WHO)
EDUCATION
and the MDGs (Global Campaign for Education)
(dead link)
EDUCATION
FOR GIRLS (Save the Children)
(dead link)
ENVIRONMENT
and the MDGs
(UNEP)
(WELL)
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PUBLICATIONS: UN and NGO Reports on the MDGs
The
Millennium Development Goals Report 2005, from the United Nations
We
the People 2005 - Mobilising for Change: Messages from Civil Society,
from the North-South Institute (NSI) and World Federation of United Nations Associations.
Promises,
Promises: How can the Millennium Development Goals be met?, from Save
the Children UK.
Youth
and the Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation,
from the Ad Hoc Working Group for Youth and the MDGs
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WEBSITES: Online Resources on the MDGs
The
MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN works to support citizens' efforts to hold their government
to account for the commitments made towards the MDGs. The website contains information
about the Goals and tracks progress towards achieving them both globally and regionally.
Users can also find links to current MDG activities from all over the world, forming
a global activity calendar.
The
UN MILLENNIUM PROJECT is an independent advisory body commissioned by the
UN Secretary-General to advise the UN on strategies for achieving the MDGs. The
website provides information on the eight goals and the goal-specific targets
and indicators, as well as on policy and research work carried out by the Project.
The
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME's website provides all regional and country
reports on the Millennium Development Goals.
OXFAM's
campaign on the MDGs
TAKING
IT GLOBAL, in collaboration with the Millennium Campaign and the Global Youth
Action Network (GYAN), has launched the MDG youth portal, an interactive website
which provides resources for young people to learn about the MDGs and to join
the global fight against poverty.
The
UNITED NATION's MDGs Youth Site helps children learn about the Millennium
Development Goals and what they can do to help eliminate poverty around the world.
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For more
than 53 years UNICEF has been helping governments, communities and families make
the world a better place for children. Part of the United Nations system, UNICEF
has an enviable mandate and mission, to advocate for children's rights and help
meet their needs.
- incl. links to : UNICEF in Action | Highlights |
Information Resources | Donations, Greeting Cards & Gifts | Press Centre |
Voices of Youth | About UNICEF
- May 8-10, 2002
Official
UNICEF website for the Special Session
- inc. links
to : UN Journal / Activities - Press Releases - Briefings / Conferences - Documentation
- Publications - Global Issues - Webcast - Speeches / Statements - Press Centre,
Photos - CyberSchoolBus - Under-18 zone - Public Service Announcements - Dag Hammarskjöld
Library
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News
Release
[GENEVA, 22 January 2008] – Strategies that can help reduce the
number of children who die before their fifth birthday were highlighted today,
at the launch of UNICEF’s flagship report - The State of the World’s
Children 2008: Child Survival – in Geneva. While recent data show a fall
in the rate of under-five mortality, the State of the World’s Children Report
2008 goes beyond the numbers to suggest actions and initiatives that should lead
to further progress.
Complete report:
(PDF file - 4.3MB, 164 pages)
December
2006
The State of the World’s Children 2007 examines the discrimination
and disempowerment women face throughout their lives – and outlines what
must be done to eliminate gender discrimination and empower women and girls.
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incl. links to all related material --- news release, full report, profiles, statistics,
youth centre, Gender and the life cycle (multimedia feature), and more...
Press Release
11
December 2006
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 11 December 2006 – Eliminating gender discrimination
and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival
and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report issued on UNICEF’s
60th anniversary. Gender equality produces the “double dividend” of
benefiting both women and children and is pivotal to the health and development
of families, communities and nations, according to The State of the World’s
Children 2007.
(PDF file - 697K, 44 pages)
(PDF file - 1.8MB, 160 pages)
(HTML table of contents + links to individual PDF
files)
Chapters: A call for equality * Equality in the household * Equality
in employment * Equality in politics and government * Reaping the double dividend
of gender equality
- annual, back to 1996
Press
Release
May 8, 2003
"NEW YORK– Goals agreed to at a United Nations
summit in May of 2002 have barely begun to be implemented by the nations of the
world, UNICEF reported today, saying that only half of the world’s governments
had even taken the first step of developing a plan of action for children in their
countries."
Special Session
on Children:
UNICEF Press Release
"NEW
YORK, 7 May 2004 - With governments lagging in fulfilling promises made at the
United Nations two years ago, millions of children continue to die from preventable
diseases and to be deprived of such basic rights as education, safe drinking water,
and protection from abuse, UNICEF said today."
Related
Links:
(PDF file - 151K, 23 pages)
June 2002
"A
World Fit for Children was negotiated over three years by the nations of the
world and adopted by consensus at the Special Session. It comprises three parts:
a) Declaration; b) Review of progress and lessons learned; and c) Plan of Action.
The Plan of Action focuses on four main themes: i) promoting healthy lives; ii)
providing quality education; iii) protecting against abuse, exploitation, and
violence; and iv) combating HIV/AIDS.
(official web site)
Each year, UNICEF’s flagship
publication, The State of the World's Children, closely examines a key issue affecting
children. The report includes supporting data and statistics and is available
in French and Spanish language versions.
"The State of the World’s
Children 2004 focuses on girls’ education and its relationship to all other
development goals and to the promise of Education For All. It presents a multi-layered
case for investing in girls’ education as a strategic way to ensure the rights
of both boys and girls and to advance a country’s development agenda. The
web summary touches on general points of the main text and presents panel abstracts
highlighting successful programmes."
- links to individual chapters, appendices, tables, maps and
figures
(PDF file - 3.35MB, 156 pages)
Press release
December 11, 2003
Related
Links:
Press release issued by the UN Department of Public Information
GENEVA
/ NEW YORK, 26 April 2002
Press release
"NEW YORK, 5 April 2002 - The United Nations Children's
Fund said today that world leaders are poised to take centre stage at the upcoming
Special Session on Children this May, noting that 72 Heads of State and Government
have so far committed to attending."
Press release
"NEW YORK, 10 May 2002 - Declaring that
"we want a world fit for children, because a world fit for us is fit for
everyone," young people from more than 100 nations sent a powerful message
to world leaders gathered at the United Nations Special Session on Children this
week."
(May 10, 2002) - links to statements from all countries at
the end of the Special Session on Children
Source:
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"The State of the World’s
Children 2003 reports on child participation — the ‘right’ of all
children to have their opinions taken into account when decisions are being made
that affect them. The report showcases examples of meaningful child participation
from every region of the world."
- Click on the above link to see the
highlights, contents, press release, complete report and press kit.
(download the entire report or selected sections)
(PDF file - 995K, 141 pages)
May 2001
July 2000Over the past eight years, The Progress of Nations has diligently recorded
the world’s progress towards giving all children the chance to live a decent
life – a life of dignity and opportunity. The benchmarks have been the goals
set at the 1990 World Summit for Children and the rights enshrined in the Convention
on the Rights of the Child, which virtually all nations have ratified.
- See "Online UNICEF publications" below for previous years
"Add your voice and say Yes to the 10 critical
actions needed to improve the lives of children and adolescents everywhere."
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incl. links to : How can I take part? • What's my country doing? • 10
imperatives for children • Look who's saying Yes • Say Yes home
UN Special Session on Children
Wraps Up Successfully
21 New Targets Are Set - Child Delegates Bring Openness
and Inspiration
Press release
"NEW YORK, 10 May 2002
- The United Nations wrapped up its Special Session on Children late Friday with
unanimous agreement on a new agenda for the world's children, including 21 specific
goals and targets for child health, education and protection over the next decade,
UNICEF announced."
*- unanimous agreement
on 21 points in the following categories : Promoting Healthy Lives - Providing
Quality Education - Protecting against abuse, exploitation and violence - Combating
HIV/AIDS.
*[NOTE: the word "poverty"
does not appear on this page - Hmmm...]
- information concerning the 1999 Convention on the Rights
of the Child and the rights of children, youth and women
(60 countries)
- incl. under-five mortality, maternal mortality,
measles immunization, iodized salt use, child malnutrition, adult literacy, water
supply, sanitation, net enrolment in primary school, sex difference in enrolment.
(organized by date)
(organized by theme)
Eurochild
is an active network of organisations and individuals working in and across Europe
to improve the quality of life of children and young people. Eurochild’s
work is underpinned by the principles enshrined in the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of the Child.
A child rights
approach to child poverty : a discussion paper (Word file - 133K, 12 pages)
- Europe
(DEAD LINK)
Brussels
September 2007
“Member States
should tackle child poverty within the framework of their commitment to the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child. Adopting a child rights’ approach
to policy development is key to recognising the position of children and young
people in society”
(Eurochild Key Messages 2006 based on a review of
the 2006-08 national reports on strategies for social protection and social inclusion)
But
what do we mean by a child rights approach? How does such an approach change the
way we view child poverty and monitor its effects? What are the implications for
policy making when child poverty is addressed through the prism of the objectives
of the UN C4onvention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)? What role can the EU
play in this?
These questions are addressed in the following discussion paper,
prepared by Rita Maria Sousa Fernandes1. The ideas presented do not provide definitive
answers but they aim to stimulate debate. Most EU member states have set tackling
child poverty as an immediate priority. At the same time, all member states have
signed up to the UNCRC. It is crucial to look at why it is important to marry
these two agendas, and how it can best be done.
Also
from Eurochild:
(Word file - 1.9MB, 6 pages)
September
2007
- includes information and figures about various forms, areas and reasons
for child poverty
"Promoting the welfare and rights of children
and young people"
- links to newsletter issues back to 2004; you can subscribe
to receive this newsletter by email.
(PDF file - 4.7MB,
104 pages)
January 2007
"...an in-depth analysis of the national action
plans on social protection and social inclusion by all 27 EU member states from
the point of view of children and young people.
- incl. text of the Convention
on the Rights of the Child in 17 languages and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in eight languages.
"Created in 1994, the International
Tribunal for Children's Rights is a 'moral court', which provides a forum for
public testimony and the sharing of experiences, expertise, and views. It consists
of five judges representing the five regions of the world."
"Using
Human Rights 101, teens and teachers can find the materials they need to create
a human rights project - or they can use the site to identify and pursue individual
interests. The site provides teachers with an online version of the Thirteen Human
Rights 101 educators' toolkit, while providing teens with ways to focus and absorb
the variety of issues they can tackle.
- incl. an overview of human rights
issues; a "profile" feature that enables users to identify which human
rights issues are most important to them; a directory of human rights organizations
highlighting teen volunteer opportunities; and links to human rights programs
and Web sites."
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Buenos
Aires, Argentina
27 - 30 September
Theme: National Plans of Action for Children
"Childhood
and Adolescence in the Political and Social Agenda"
- this link to the
Summit website includes links to program information, speakers (incl. Peter Dudding
and Bruce Rivers from Canada), host country info and online registration
"The
International Forum for Child Welfare, IFCW, and the Argentine Committee of Pursuit
and Application of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CASACIDN)
have organised the WorldForum 2004 on National Plans of Action (NPA) for Children,
'Childhood and Adolescence in Political and Social Agenda'. Within the framework
of the NPAs, several areas of special interest will be reviewed, such as poverty,
working children, discrimination, right to participation and the responsibility
of the State and the society. The aim of this Forum is to promote the establishment
of cooperation in the search for alternatives to the problems of children in their
respective countries, and to contribute to the development of up-to-date knowledge
on children matters around the world. A combination of specialised conferences,
presentations and workshops will serve as frameworks for the discussion and the
exchange of ideas among peers."
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(part of Summit website info)
Source:
Related Link:
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May 8-10, 2002
Official UNICEF website for the Special Session
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"Human Rights Education Associates
(HREA) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports human rights
learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational
materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies."
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- incl. links to : Introduction - Rights
at Stake - International and Regional Instruments of Protection and Promotion
- National Protection and Service Agencies - Advocacy, Educational and Training
Materials - Other Resources
Related HREA links:
"...present definitions, key rights
at stake, human rights instruments, and protection and assistance agencies, [in
addition to] links to the full text of international treaties relevant for the
topic, and other useful resources on the HREA and University of Minnesota Human
Rights Library web sites."
Themes include : Children & youth - European
human rights system - Ethnic and racial minorities - Food & water - Freedom
of assembly and association - Freedom of expression - Freedom of movement - Freedom
of religion or belief - Housing - Indigenous peoples - Inter-American human rights
system - International humanitarian law -- Persons with disabilities - Refugees
- Right to culture - Right to a family - Right to life - Right to means for adequate
health - Right to vote - Rights of non-citizens - Slavery
and forced labour - Sexual orientation and human rights
- Sustainable development - The
aged - United Nations human rights system
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"Serving
the information needs of the humanitarian relief community"
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| (U.K.)
Fair Play for Children
exists to promote the Child's Right to Play, as contained in Article 31 of the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Fair Play currently consists of two wings:
1.
The Fair Play For Children Association, which campaigns for the Right to Play,
consists of a subscribing, supporting membership (Individual, Local Group, Statutory
Authority/Trades Union, Regional, National Voluntary - all voting - and commercial,
non-voting). It lobbies for change in Government Policy and practice, advises
e.g. parents and local communities on play- related issues, publishes a journal,
and brings playworkers, organisations and activists together to share information,
experiences and resources.
2. The Fair Play For Children
Charitable Trust Limited, which shares common membership and management with the
Association, and which undertakes research, information, advisory and related
work based around the Right to Play.
(PDF file - 1.1MB, 25 pages)
Number 1, March 6, 2008
Newsletter
Fair
Play for Children launches updated web site and new OnLine PlayAction news service
Related
links:
- from the
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