Canada's
Record on Children's Rights
- 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] Resources
About Children's Rights In Canada
- 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. Convention
on the Rights of the Child Tools
for Monitoring Children's Rights in Canada Source:
Canadian
Coalition for the Rights of Children (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: A
Response to the Final Report, Children: The Silenced Citizens, of the
Standing
Senate Committee on Human Rights in Relation to the Convention on the Rights of
the Child (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:
Persons
Against Ritual Abuse 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
HTML
version
PDF
version (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) Executive
Summary
Summary
of Recommendations
Source:
Standing
Senate Committee on Human Rights Related link: Canada
Still Resisting Rights for Children (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:
Child
Welfare League of Canada |
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 ]
HTML
version
PDF
version (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:
Reports
of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights (38th Parliament, 1st Session)
[Senate
of Canada Standing Committee on Human Rights ]
|
2009
World Report: Obama Should Emphasize Human Rights
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:
Human
Rights Watch World Report 2009 (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
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.]
[
Links
to Human Rights Watch's work on children's rights ]
A
World Fit for Children (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."
(From
the UNICEF website)
| Canada's
National Plan of Action (Senator Landon Pearson's website)
- incl.
links to :
Consultations (Introduction - A Dialogue with Canadians
- The process - Consultative activities - Priority areas for the NPA)
Resources
(Documentation - Canadian chronology - International commitments)
Background
(A World Fit for Children - Special Session on Children)
Source:
The
Info-sidewalk - The children's rights website of Hon. Landon Pearson, Canadian
Senator for Children and Youth |
Children
and the Hill - Issue Number 27
Fall 2005
Click
the link below to read the full text of the final issue of Senator Landon Pearson's
Children and the Hill newsletter; click the link above to read Senator Pearson's
introduction to that final issue.
The sad news is her imminent retirement from
the Senate, and the good news is the establishment of a Resource Centre for the
Study of Childhood and Children's Rights at Carleton University. In her intro,
she also reflects on the progress, or lack thereof, in the protection of children's
rights and the promotion of children's well-being in Canada over the decade starting
in 1995, shortly after she became the "Canadian Senator for the rights of
children."
On
the Record: 1995-2005
A Decade in Review for Children & Youth
(PDF file - 201K, 36 pages)
"...a review of the
last ten years of federal activities previously highlighted in
Children & the Hill [Senator Pearson's newsletter] covering the period
from 1995 to 2005 during which time Senator Landon Pearson made it her mission
to address the need for a focal point for children at the federal level in her
capacity as Senator, Liberal parliamentarian and Advisor on Children’s Rights."
Key
documentation for Canada's National Plan of Action
- links to over three dozen documents
- Summary
reports from consultative activities
Discussion
Guide for consultations (PDF file - 194K, 18 pages)
[Guide
de discussion - version française]
March 2003
- includes priorities;
a chronology; and table demonstrating domestic and international commitments.
-
also includes a brief chronology of "Canada’s Efforts for Children":
International Year of the Child (1979) - Convention on the Rights of the Child
(1989) - World Summit for Children (1990) - Brighter Futures (1992) - National
Child Day (1993) - National Child Benefit (1998) - Early Childhood Development
Agreement (2000) - United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children
(2002)
Civil
Society Engagement Process on Canada’s National Plan of Action for Children
in Response to “A World Fit for Children” (PDF file - 79K,
3 pages)
December 9, 2002
Senator Landon Pearson, Advisor on Children’s
Rights
to The Minister of Foreign Affairs
Invitation from Senator Landon
Pearson for Canadian individuals and groups to participate in the preparation
of the National Plan of Action for Children by reading A World Fit for Children
and sending comments to her (by the end of January 2003).
Report
on Early Childhood Development (2002)
- excellent contextual information
about the federal-provincial-territorial agreement on early childhood development
(incl. CHST transfers to each jurisdiction for ECD from 2001-02 to 2005-06), the
National Children's Agenda, the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Agreement, Highlights
of the Report (detailed list of federal programs, services and expenditures on
Children Under 6 in 2000-2001.
General
Information and Resources on Human/Children's Rights - Excellent collection
of over three dozen reviewed links to Canadian and international children's rights
organizations and resources.
Building
a Future Together:
Issues and Outcomes for Transition-Aged Youth
(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:
Wards
of the Crown (PDF file - 841K, 2 pages)
Wards
of the Crown is a new Canadian documentary following the lives of four youth
as they leave government care.
About
the Filmmaker - Andrée Cazabon
Related
links:
Youth
Leaving Care – How Do They Fare?
Briefing Paper (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:
Task
Force on Modernizing Income Security for Working Age Adults ("MISWAA")
- they produced the report
Laidlaw
Foundation - they funded the report
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.
International
Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD)
"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 (CAP)
"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:
Centre
for Global Studies
University of Victoria
A
Canada Fit for Children
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
HTML
version
- (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
PDF
version (359K, 53 pages)
Google
News search Results : "A Canada Fit for
Children"
Google Web Search Results : "A
Canada Fit for Children"
Source:
Google.ca
Canada
and the United Nations
-
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.
Rights
of Children
- incl. links to : International Initiatives | Canada's
Engagement | FPT Initiatives | Other Resources
Official
documents available on-line
- incl. links to background information
about the Convention on the Rights of the Child and over a dozen related
documents
Convention
on the Rights of the Child - complete text
Review
of Canada's Second Report on
the Convention on the Rights of the Child
"Canada
will appear before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on
September 17, 2003, to discuss its second report on its implementation of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child."
Canada's
Second Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
*This
is the document that was reviewed in Geneva in September 2003*
Canada's
Second Report was submitted on April 26, 2001
- incl. links to measures adopted
by the Government of Canada and governments of the provinces and territories as
well as annexes and tables
- here are just some 27 tables of social indicators
you'll find in this report: number of children in Canada (1921-1996) - immigrant
children (1975-1995) - Children among visible minority populations, 1996 - Dependent
children involved in divorces, by party obtaining custody (1978-1995) - Missing
children, by cause of disappearance, 1996 - Infant mortality (1960-1996) - Incidence
of low income (1981-1996) - Selected Indicators for Registered Indian Population
on Reserve - and much more...
Government
of Canada Announces Funding for the Children's Rights Project
March
13, 2003
"Herb Dhaliwal, Minister of Natural Resources and Member of Parliament
(Vancouver South-Burnaby), on behalf of Minister of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps,
today announced funding of $64,750 for Save the Children Canada. The funding will
help the association expand their Right Way project over two years."
Source:
Canadian Heritage
Related
Link:
Save
the Children Canada
"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.")
| National/Universal Child Day - November
20 |
National
Child Day 2007 - The Right to be Active
"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:
Public
Health Agency of Canada
NOTE: In April 2007,
the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights released Children
: The Silenced Citizens, a report on children's rights in Canada.
The Committee made 24
recommendations 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
failing many kids, says report
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:
Canadian
Union of Public Employees
----------------------------------
National
Child Day 2006 — November 20
"I Have the Right to be Heard!"
The
Canadian Child Care Federation has chosen "the right to be heard" as
its theme for National Child Day 2006. As supporting documentation, the United
Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has also selected Article 12 as their
"Day of General Discussion" in September ( Geneva). CCCF is preparing
a research paper under this theme and will be submitting it to the United Nations
for consideration.
Source:
Canadian
Child Care Federation (CCCF)
-------------------------------------------National
Child Day 2005 - November 20
- incl. links to : Message from Senator
Pearson - National Child Day Activities - More about National Child Day - Partners
and Links - Fun Zone
Partners
and Links - incl. Government Partners - Non-Governmental Organization
Partners - Other Interesting Links
Source:
Division
Childhood and Adolescence
[ Public
Health Agency of Canada ]
------
From
the United Nations Association in Canada
Universal
Children's Day
"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."
- Canadian
Connections: Canada and Children's Rights
- Suggested
Activities for Universal Children's Day
- Links
------
From
the Canadian Child Care Federation:
November
20 : National Child Day - "I Have the Right to Play!"
National
Child Day is a day when people across the country take time to celebrate Canada's
most precious resource — our children. This year, join us in celebrating
the occasion by building awareness of Canada’s commitment to a child’s
right to play.
- incl. links to the news release (see below), the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, a speech and a letter from
Senator Landon Pearson, and other resources...
Canadian
Child Care Federation Launches Children’s Rights Learning Kit on National
Child Day
News Release
November 18, 2005
"In celebration
of National Child Day (November 20), the Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF)
today announced the launch of its Children’s Rights in Practice Learning
Kit. This innovative tool has been developed to help early learning and child
care practitioners understand the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
Child and how it affects the children in their care"
------
From
the Canadian Children's Rights Council:
Canada's
National Child Day
"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."
What's
Right for Some: Portrait of Canada's first generation
growing up under the
Convention on the Rights of the Child (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..."
Children
Must Be a Priority in Canada: UNICEF Canada Says
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:
News
Blaze
The
First Rights Generation Comes of Age
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's petition for a National Children's Commissioner
"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."
Share
your views 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 UN
Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Past
conference:
A
Canada Fit For Children: A South Asian Plan of Action
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."
Conference
Program
Online Registration
Subscribe
to Children's Issues in South Asia On-Line Discussion
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
"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."
The
Road to the UN Special Session on Children
UNICEF Canada Press Releases
August 27, 2001
Process Behind Session Is Noteworthy in Its Own Right
Related
Link:
Say
Yes for Children (UNICEF) - [you'll find more UNICEF links further down
on this page]
National
Child Day 2006 — November 20
"I Have the Right to be Heard!"
The
Canadian Child Care Federation has chosen "the right to be heard" as
its theme for National Child Day 2006. As supporting documentation, the United
Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has also selected Article 12 as their
"Day of General Discussion" in September ( Geneva). CCCF is preparing
a research paper under this theme and will be submitting it to the United Nations
for consideration.
Interaction
The
Fall 2006 issue of Interaction (vol. 20, no. 3) examines Article 12 of the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the child’s right to be heard.
Features include a paper submitted to the UN’s day of discussion, a column
by child rights advocate Landon Pearson, and an interview with international children’s
rights consultant Gerrison Lansdown.
Click
here to read these feature articles online
or
Visit
the E-Store to order a hard copy of the full issue.
| National
Children's Alliance
"The National Children's Alliance is a network
of 54 national organizations committed to improving the lives of children and
youth in Canada." |
National
Children’s Alliance Newsletter - December 2003 (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...
The
National Children's Alliance and A Rights Based Approach: Setting the Context
for Discussion and Action (PDF file - 311K,
29 pages)
April 2003
National
Children's Alliance: Recommendations for Canada's National Plan of Action for
Children (PDF file - 142K, 6 pages)
June 2003
| Canadian
Coalition for the Rights of Children (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. |
Canada's
Record on Children's Rights - 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.
Resources
About Children's Rights In Canada
- 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.
Tools
for Monitoring Children's Rights in Canada
| Campaign
2000 UNSSC website
The UN Special Session on Children: A Promise to
Act
- incl. links to : Introduction - Resolution - Letter to the PM
- 6 steps you can take - Status report - Related links - Contacts |
6
steps you can take for children's rights in Canada
- from the
UN Special Session on
Children: A Promise to Act
Source:
Campaign
2000
Developing
a National Plan of Action for Canada's Children
Campaign 2000
February
2003
Source:
Campaign 2000
UN Special Session on Children website
The UN Special Session on Children:
A Promise to Act
- incl. links to : Introduction - Resolution - Letter
to the PM - 6 steps you can take - Status report - Related links - Contacts
Putting
Promises Into Action : A Report on a Decade of Child and Family Poverty in Canada,
May 2002 (PDF file - 297K, 16 pages)
May 2002
[version
française]
"A comprehensive plan of social investments
for children will promote an inclusive society and contribute to an enriched economic
and social environment. These investments are essential to providing Canada's,
and the world's children, with the best start and an equal opportunity to succeed."
Source : Campaign 2000
Canada's
PM develops stage fright for UN Children’s Session (April 30,
2002)
Letter
to Prime Minister Chretien on the occasion of the UN Special Session on Children
(April 16, 2002)
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 Child
Rights Information Network (CRIN), 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.
Canadian
Children's Rights Council Links
- 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
Table
of Contents - large collection of online resources, mostly news articles.
Canada's
National Child Day
"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."
Un
Québec digne des enfants : le plan d’action pour les enfants
(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:
Ministère
de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (page d'accueil en français
du Ministère)
Ministère
de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (English home page of the Ministry)
Liens
connexes:
Plan
d'action national pour les enfants [du site de l'Agence
de santé publique]
Les
droits de l'enfant (une page de liens sur le site que vous visitez présentement)
Agence
de santé publique (ministère du gouvernement fédéral)
| Office
of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
"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." |
Concluding
Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child: CANADA
(PDF file - 185K, 14 pages)
October 3, 2003
UN
Committee on the rights of the child
Second
periodic reports of States parties due in 1999 : Canada (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."
List
of points : Canada
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
Delegation
List (small PDF file, 2 pages)
October 2003
- Canadian Government
officials in Geneva
Delegation Statement
Opening
Statement by Senator Landon Pearson on
Presentation of Canada's Second Report
-
Convention on the Rights of the Child (PDF file - 750K, 16 pages)
September
17, 2003
UNHCHR
Children's Rights - documents, news and links
Convention
on the Rights of the Child
Source:
Committee
on the Rights of the Child
[ Office
of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights ]
From UN
News from Geneva :
Committee
on rights of child holds Spring session in Geneva - May 15 to June
2
News Release
11 May 2006
Situation of Child Rights in El Salvador,
Belgium, Latvia, Italy, Canada [bolding added], Turkey, Czech Republic,
Qatar, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, Lebanon, Turkmenistan,
Iceland, and Colombia to be Reviewed
"(...) Belgium, Canada, and the Czech
Republic will be reviewed in closed meetings, during which technical reviews of
their reports on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the involvement
of children in armed conflict will take place. "
Committee
on Rights of the Child Concludes 37th Session,
Adopts Conclusions on Reports
from Brazil, Botswana, Croatia, Kyrgyzstan, Equatorial Guinea, Angola and Antigua
and Barbudan
Press Document
October 1, 2004
Committee
on Rights of Children Opens Thirty-Seventh Session (Sept. 13 - Oct.
1)
Press document
September 13, 2004
"The Committee on the Rights
of the Child this morning opened its thirty-seventh session by hearing an address
by the Chief of the Treaty and Commission Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights and adopting its agenda and programme of work."
United
Nations Committee on Rights of the Child holds
Day of General Discussion on
Early Childhood Development
Press Document
September 17, 2004
"The
Committee on the Rights of the Child today held a day of general discussion on
implementing child rights in early childhood. After hearing opening statements
from representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,
the United Nations Children Fund, the World Health Organization and the Bernard
van Leer Foundation, the participants who came from a wide spectrum of non-governmental
organizations and United Nations agencies separated into two working groups to
discuss starting sound practices to promote the rights to survival and development
of young children and on young children as full actors of their own development.
(...) Based on the day of general discussion, the Committee will adopt recommendations
which will be made public at the end of the session on 1 October."
CRINMAIL
- email newsletter (recent selections):
11
June 2009 - CRINMAIL 1092
* VIOLENCE: Children's
Rights Platform launched [publication]
* OPT: Palestinian
Child Prisoners: The systematic and institutionalised ill-treatment and torture
of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities [publication]
*
UNITED STATES: One in five children sinking into poverty [publication]
*
SOUTH AFRICA: HIV in South Africa 'levels off' [news]
*
CHILD SOLDIERS: 2009 DDR bibliography [publication]
*
EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children Sweden
* **FROM THE FRONTLINE**
Kate McAlpine [interview]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
9
June 2009 - CRINMAIL 1091
* AFGHANISTAN: Confronting
Child Labour in Afghanistan [publication]
* JAPAN: Software
regulator bans rape "games" [news]
* CHINA:
Parents try shock tactics to cure net ‘addicts’ [news]
*
RUSSIA: Children may get lessons on TV propaganda [news]
*
POLAND: UN expert on trafficking issues recommendations [news]
*
FUNDING: UN-HABITAT Opportunities Fund for youth-led organisations
*
EMPLOYMENT: Childhope
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
4
June 2009 - CRINMAIL 1090
* INDIA: Human Rights
Report 2009 [publication]
* UNICEF: A Matter of Magnitude:
The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Women and Children in South Asia [publication]
*
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: Child rights dominate day one [news]
*
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: NGOs file complaint against Argentina for child detentions
[news]
* UNITED STATES: Hope for Californian children
sentenced to die in prison [news]
* WANTED: High quality
photos
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
2
June 2009 - CRINMAIL 1089
* MEXICO: Govt considers
ban on street children [news]
* TURKEY: Children's rights
groups demand changes to terror law [news]
* CANADA:
New state law allows parents to withdraw children from class [news]
*
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: More shame for Council following Sri Lanka vote [news]
*
EUROPE: Children's rights film sparks protest [news]
*
TRAFFICKING: Operational indicators of trafficking in human beings [publication]
*
LEBANON: Children 'abused' during political campaigning, says rights coalition
[news]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
28
May 2009 - CRINMAIL 1088
* GLOBAL: Amnesty International
Report 2009: State of the World's Human Rights [publication]
*
GUANTANAMO: US lawyers petition Afghan court for detainee [news]
*
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Governments should open up channels for civil society complaints
against violations of social rights [viewpoint]
* CHAD:
Scores of children among rebels rounded up in east [news]
*
TURKEY: IX International training course on sexual and reproductive health of
adolescents/ young people [event]
* EMPLOYMENT: International
Save the Children Alliance - Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies
[job postings]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
26
May 2009 - CRINMAIL 1087
* UN SECURITY COUNCIL:
Security Council Resolution 1612 and Beyond - Strengthening protection for children
in armed conflict [publication]
* PERU: Government condemns
use of children by guerrilla group [news]
* CRIN: Guide
to child rights mechanisms (Arabic) [publication]
*
GLOBAL: Tools to combat forced child begging [publications]
*
SWITZERLAND: Forced Child Labour in Central Asia - The way forward and the role
of the international community [event]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
14
May 2009 - CRINMAIL 1084
* SANITATION: Fatal neglect - How health systems
are failing to comprehensively address child mortality [publication]
* SUDAN/ETHIOPIA:
Reports on harmful traditional practices/FGM [publication]
* HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL:
US back in the human rights fold [news]
* SRI LANKA: UN officials denounce
impact of conflict on children [news]
* THAILAND: Child rights defender ignored
for human rights commission [news]
* AWARD: Children's Peace Prize
* **From
the Frontline** Maia Gedevanishvili
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
12
May 2009 - CRINMAIL 1083
* EDUCATION: Report of the Special Rapporteur
on the Right to Education [publication]
* EXPLOITATION: Handbook on the Optional
Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography [publication]
*
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN: The Invisible Face of Child Labour [publication]
*
IRAQ: Primary school study reveals major health, safety concerns [news]
* BRAZIL:
Guaraní teenagers choosing suicide [news]
* EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children
Finland - Child-to-Child Trust
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
7
May 2009 - CRINMAIL 1082
* UN: Top envoy on violence against children
finally appointed [news]
* CHILD RIGHTS: Resources on law reform [publication]
*
ARMED CONFLICT: No More Denial: Children Affected by Armed Conflict in Myanmar
[publication]
* GLOBAL: Begging for Change - Research findings and recommendations
on forced child begging in Albania/Greece, India and Senegal [publication]
*
INDIA: Parliamentarians say no to sex education in schools [news]
* EDUCATION:
Online consultation
* EMPLOYMENT: UNICEF - DCI - Children's Legal Centre -
Save the Children Sweden
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
5
May 2009 - CRINMAIL 1081: Special edition on the rights of children with disabilities
Breaking
news: Top envoy on violence against children finally appointed.
Read more
in the Violence CRINMAIL:
http://www.crin.org/email/crinmail_detail.asp?crinmailID=3138
*
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**
30
April 2009 - CRINMAIL 1080
* RUSSIA: Moscow
plans to abolish office of ombudsperson for children [news]
*
IRAQ: Violence lingers for women and children [news]
*
EUROPE: European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS): Roma [publication]
*
GLOBAL: Recruiters of Child Soldiers Defy UN Pressure [news]
*
**FROM THE FRONTLINE** Hangama Anwari [interview]
**NEWS
IN BRIEF**
28
April 2009 - CRINMAIL 1079
* AFRICAN COMMITTEE: Civil society pushes for action on child rights [publication]
*
AFGHANISTAN: Karzai backs down over child marriage law [news]
*
MALAYSIA: Religious conversion of children tackled [news]
*
DISCRIMINATION: Making the case - why children should be protected from age discrimination
and how it can be done [publication]
* UNIVERSAL PERIODIC
REVIEW: 5th session [event]
* CANADA: 5th World Congress
on Family Law & Children's Rights [event]
* EMPLOYMENT:
Arab Resource Collective
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
23
April 2009 - CRINMAIL 1078 - Special edition on children and the media
*
Representations of children in news media
* Resources
and organisations on children and the media
* New: You
can now follow CRIN on Twitter!
* CRIN's Media Toolkit
*
Employment: European Interagency Security Forum
**News
in Brief**
**Quiz** Children and the media
21
April 2009 - CRINMAIL 1077
* ISRAEL: Implementation
of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child [publication]
*
AFRICA: Advancing Children’s Rights: A Guide for Civil Society Organisations
on how to engage with the African child rights committee [publication]
*
ADVOCACY: General Comment on Children’s Rights in Juvenile Justice [publication]
*
INDIA: Child rights election manifesto launched [news]
*
VIOLENCE: Doorways Training Manuals On School-Related Gender-Based Violence Prevention
and Response [publication]
* UN: 51st session of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child [event]
* EMPLOYMENT:
ECPAT
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
16
April 2009 - CRINMAIL 1076
* CHINA: First National
Human Rights Action Plan of China [news]
* PERU: Army
must explain death of child soldier [news]
* EDUCATION:
From curriculum delivery to quality education: Know your students to improve (e)quality
of learning [publication]
* MIGRATION: Child Migrants
with and without Parents: Census-Based Estimates of Scale and Characteristics
in Argentina, Chile and South Africa [publication]
*
SIERRA LEONE: Chiefs ban genital cutting for girls under 18 [news]
*
NETHERLANDS: Workshop on the Gender Dimension of the Worst Forms of Child Labour
[event]
* EMPLOYMENT: DCI Palestine - ECPAT UK
**NEWS
IN BRIEF**
14
April 2009 - CRINMAIL 1075
* UNITED STATES:
Parental rights v. child rights? First shots fired in phoney war [news]
*
MEDIA: Turkish universities first to integrate child rights into journalism courses
[news]
* SUDAN: Read the country's first ever Child
Act [news]
* SAUDI ARABIA: Govt to 'regulate' girls'
marriages [news]
* JAPAN: Schoolgirl told to choose:
Country or parents [news]
* AUSTRALIA: Court bars father
from taking daughter for female circumcision [news]
*
UGANDA: 40 per cent of children in rebel captivity suffer PTSD [news]
**NEWS
IN BRIEF**
9
April 2009 - CRINMAIL 1074
* SOUTHERN SUDAN:
First ever Child Act launched [news]
* SLOVAKIA: Ombudsperson
condemns police action against Roma children [news]
*
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: The protection of children in European justice systems [publication]
*
UNITED KINGDOM: Doncaster child violence media coverage fuels discrimination [news]
*
RUSSIAN: A to Z of child rights launched in Russian [publication]
*
ZIMBABWE: Religion and poverty force girls into early marriages [news]
*
MEDIA: Oscar van Leer Fellowships for journalists covering children's issues [news]
**FROM
THE FRONTLINE** Omar Sial [interview]
7
April 2009 - CRINMAIL 1073
* CORPORAL PUNISHMENT:
Inter-American Court confirms obligation to prohibit all corporal punishment [news]
*
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Report on 134th session [publication]
*
PAKISTAN: Flogging probe begins [news]
* EU: Developing
indicators for the protection, respect and promotion of the rights of the child
in the European Union [publication]
* AFRICA: 1st Child
Focused Civil Society Forum on and around the African Committee of Experts on
the Rights and Welfare of the Child [event]
* EMPLOYMENT:
Save the Children Côte d'Ivoire [job posting]
**NEWS
IN BRIEF**
2
April 2009 - CRINMAIL 1072
* MOLDOVA: Corporal punishment banned in
all settings [news]
* ANGOLA: Investigation into child abuse [news]
* MALAWI:
Madonna's African adoptions part of growing trend [news]
* OPT: Gaza orphans
in the spotlight [news]
* TURKEY: 4th UCW Seminar on child labour, education
and youth employment
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
**QUIZ**
31
March 2009 - CRINMAIL 1071
* CRIN: Guide to child rights mechanisms
- clarification [publication]
* GLOBAL: Native infant mortality rate 'four
times non-natives', finds report [news]
* DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Children of illegal
immigrants denied nationality [news]
* AFGHANISTAN: 'Worse than the Taliban'
- new law rolls back rights for Afghan women and children [news]
* DRC: EU
fails to reinstate UN rights expert on Congo [news]
* URUGUAY: Special Rapporteur
on torture concludes visit [news]
* AUSTRALIA: Counting Children In! Child
Indicators: Research, Theory, Policy and Practice [event]
* UNITED KINGDOM:
Easier said than done: 20 years of children's rights between law and practice
[event]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
26
March 2009 - CRINMAIL 1070
* CRIN: Guide to child rights mechanisms
[publication]
* RUSSIA: Night curfew for children [news]
* EUROPE: EU acts
against child sex abuse [news]
* SWAZILAND: Judge rules for free education
[news]
* GERMANY: Govt to pass law blocking Internet child porn [news]
*
VIOLENCE: Are schools safe havens for children? Examining School-related Gender-based
Violence [publication]
**FROM THE FRONTLINE** Brent Parfitt
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
24
March 2009 - CRINMAIL 1069
* OPT: UN report says Israel used boy as
human shield [publication]
* HIV and AIDS: Education slows sub-Sahara Africa
AIDS [news]
* EUROPE: 10 Goals for Improving Access to Education for Roma [publication]
*
MEXICO: Disappearance of children in institutions [news]
* GLOBAL: Water is
not a human right, say world ministers [news]
* TURKEY: Children drawn into
Armenia row [news]
* INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Session 134 [event]
**NEWS
IN BRIEF**
19
March 2009 - CRINMAIL 1068
* SRI LANKA: Conflict is taking the lives
of children, says UNICEF [news]
* BANGALDESH: Are judges experts in determining
age? [publication]
* DISABILITY: The meaning of inclusion [publication]
*
ASIA: Trafficking in children in South Asia [publication]
* GLOBAL: Small grants
programme for deaf children
* EMPLOYMENT: Royal College of Paediatrics and
Child Health (voluntary)
* QUESTIONNAIRE: Online child pornography
**NEWS
IN BRIEF**
**QUIZ**
17
March 2009 - CRINMAIL 1067
* REPORT: Perception of Children on Parenting
Practices [publication]
* NEW ZEALAND: School safety: An inquiry into the safety
of students at school [publication]
* OPT: Child rights situation analysis
2008 [publication]
* BRAZIL: Child Rape Case Revives Debate on Abortion [news]
*
HANDBOOK: Education in Emergencies: Including everyone [publication]
* CRIN
REVIEW 22: Children's Right to the City - now available in Arabic
* BAHRAIN:
Effective Strategies for the Prevention of Child Online Pornography, Trafficking,
and Abuse [event]
* EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children Sweden
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
12
March 2009 - CRINMAIL 1066
(Special edition on the 10th session of the Human
Rights Council)
* Report from the Day on the Rights of the Child
*
Side Event on Child Rights in the UPR
* Other Council news, events and reports
**News
in Brief**
10
March 2009 - CRINMAIL 1065
* HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: Week two sees children's
rights take centre stage [news]
* MEDIA: Another Perspective - How journalists
can promote children's human rights and equality [publication]
* INTER-AMERICAN
COMMISSION: Session 134 [event]
* SOUTH AFRICA: A review of the restructuring
of the police service's family violence, child protection and sexual offences
unit [publication]
* INDIA: Child marriage is major peril [news]
* CALL
FOR PAPERS: The Right to Education Project
* EMPLOYMENT: The Albanian Coalition
"All together against child trafficking" [job posting]
**NEWS IN
BRIEF**
5
March 2009 - CRINMAIL 1064
* CHILD HELPLINES: Violence Against Children
Follow-up report [publication]
* UNITED STATES: A Violent Education [publication]
*
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: 10th session opens [news]
* UN: Working with the United
Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society [publication]
*
SOUTH AFRICA: Child sentencing laws challenged [news]
* TURKEY: 4th UCW Seminar
on child labour, education and youth employment
* EMPLOYMENT: UNICEF - War
Child
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
3
March 2009 - CRINMAIL 1063
* MAURITANIA: Force-feeding 'sends Mauritania
backwards' [news]
* VIOLENCE: Protect the Children! A guide to those working
and living with children affected by violence [publication]
* DISABILITY: Committee
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities meets for the first time [news]
*
SCOTLAND: Criminal age to go up to 12 [news]
* EUROPE: New coalition to tackle
online child porn [news]
* KENYA: Refugee family fights landmark adoption case
[news]
* EMPLOYMENT: UNICEF - ECPAT UK
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
5
January 2009 - CRINMAIL 1047 - New Year special
* 2008 - Child rights
round-up
**Quiz** New Year special
------------
2
October 2008 - CRINMAIL 1021
- Special edition on the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs)
* CHILD RIGHTS AND THE MDGs
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
**QUIZ:
Special edition on the MDGs**
------------
15
May 2008 - CRINMAIL 983
Special edition on the rights of children with disabilities
*
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**
24
April 2008 - CRINMAIL 977- Special Edition on Food
* 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**
13
March 2008 - CRINMAIL 965
Special edition on the UN Human Rights Council -
session 7
- 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**
United
Nations Human Rights Council
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.
Seventh
session of the Human Rights Council (Geneva, 3 - 28 March 2008)
Human
Rights Council News - includes the Draft
resolution on the rights of the child (14/03/2008)
Crinmail
Archive - Child Rights at the Human Rights Council
12
December 2007 - CRINMAIL 941
Special Edition on the 'World Fit for Children'
Follow-Up Event
* Quotes from the event
* Report from Children's
Forum and Ombudsmen meeting
* Day One from the 'World Fit For Children' follow-up
event [report]
* Day Two from the 'World Fit For Children' follow-up event
[report]
**OTHER NEWS**
**QUIZ**
Related link:
Canada's
National Action Plan for Children (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Earlier
issues of CRINMAIL
- links to 200+ earlier weekly issues, many
of which are special editions focusing on special themes, such as the 45th Session
of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of the
Child and the launch of the EURONET Website.
Day
of General Discussion 2007: Resources for the Rights of the Child - responsibility
of States*
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:
Committee
on the Rights of the Child (CRC) news page
General
information on Discussion Days
UN
OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of the Child
Office
of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR): Day of General Discussion
Committee
on rights of child holds discussion with state parties to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child:
States Parties Support Two Chamber Proposal for Committee
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."
Committee
on the Rights of the Child Considers Second Periodic Report of Canada
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."
Committee
on the Rights of the Child to hold Thirty_Fourth Session in Geneva from September
15 to October 3, 2003
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."
| UNICEF
Innocenti Research Centre (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." |
Summary
report of the study on the impact of the
implementation of the Convention
on the Rights of the Child (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]
| Child Rights
Information Network
"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.
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Child
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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:
European
Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC)
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.
European
Children's Network (EURONET)
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.
Children
as Change Agents: A review of child participation
in the periodic reporting
on the Convention of the Rights of the Child (773K, 20 pages)
Published
by Child Rights Information Network
(CRIN) and World
Vision Canada
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.
Children
as Change Agents: Guidelines for child participation
in the periodic reporting
on the Convention of the Rights of the Child (PDF file - 1.7MB, 76
pages)
[Summary
+ links to further resources]
Published by Child
Rights Information Network (CRIN) and World
Vision Canada
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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24
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Special Edition on the 45th Session of the Committee
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- ELECTIONS: 45th Session
opens with election of new chairperson
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853 - February 2007
Special Edition on the 44th Session of the UN Committee
on the Rights of the Child
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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Special Edition on the G8
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):
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6717&flag=event
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:
http://www.domeus.co.uk/forum/crinmail_english
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]
World
Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference Hong Kong 2005
http://www.whiteband.org/specialIssues/WTO/NewsListingSection/en
13-18
December 2005
Source:
Global Call to Action Against Poverty
http://www.whiteband.org/
Signed,
Sealed But Not Delivered
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child popular,
but hard to enforce
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:
Embassy
Newspaper Online - "Diplomacy this Week"
CRINMAIL
641: Special Edition on the 38th Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of
the Child
11 January 2005
CRINMAIL is an electronic mailing
list of the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
Content of this issue of CRINMAIL:
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."
NGO
Reports to the 38th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
NGO
Alternative Reports for All Sessions - incl. Canada (October 2003, June 1995)
"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."
Search
reports by country, CRC session or by NGO
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15th anniversary of the UN Convention
on
the Rights of the Child
"On November 20, 2004,
the international community will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN Convention
on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Several decades in the making, the Convention
was adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly on November 20, 1989, came
into force only nine months later (a UN record) and is ratified by 192 countries.
It is the magna carta for the rights of children nationally and across the world.
It will guide the struggle for the human rights of children for this century."
Source:
CRINMAIL
628: Special Edition on the 15th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of
the Child
[CRINMAIL is an electronic newsletter of the Child Rights
Information Network]
18 November 2004
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...]
15th
Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- 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]
Children's
Well-Being:
How Poverty Endangers the Health and Life Chances of Children in
Developing Countries
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:
Development
Gateway
Focus
on family in the fight against child poverty in Europe:
a European discussion
paper
"Valuing children, valuing parents provides a review of
the broad issues of child poverty, examining in particular the family as a resource
in the eradication of poverty, given the provision of effective and appropriate
support. It takes into account evidence from a wide range of research and brings
together elements from 10 countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg,
Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom."
* full
report - pdf file - 177 pages - 832K
* Foreword
by Fran Bennett (Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford)
- pdf file - 2 pages - 21K
* Presentation
of the European discussion paper - pdf file - 3 pages - 63K
Source:
ATD*
Fourth World
[*Aide à Toute Détresse
- 'Help for All Distress']
ATD Fourth World operates in eight Europeans countries,
Northern and Central America, and several countries in Africa and Asia.
-
WORLDWIDE: The State of the World's Teenagers [report]
I'm
a teenager, what happened to my rights? (PDF file - 1MB, 98 pages)
November
2004
"As the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child nears its 15th birthday on 20 November 2004, the international children's
agency Plan is publishing a major new report about the state of the world's teenagers.
''I'm a teenager, what happened to my rights? says that, as they reach
their teens, children must face numerous new threats that can rob them of their
childhoods; ruin their health; or wreck their chances of a secure future. The
study argues that too many of the children who have reached their teens since
the Convention was ratified, on 20 November 1989, still know nothing of the rights
it promises.
Source:
Plan
"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 Canada
"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:
Human
Rights-Based Approaches to Programming
"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 - Children
- Education - Emergencies - Gender - Health - HIV/AIDS - Overviews of Rights-Based
Approaches - Participation - Poverty and Livelihoods - Water
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United
Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
Day of Discussion: Implementing
Child Rights in Early Childhood
17 September 2004 - RECOMMENDATIONS
(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:
Committee
on the Rights of the Child
[ Office
of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ]
NGO
Alternative Reports submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
- scroll to the bottom of the page to see Canada reports presented by the
Canadian Coalition for the Rights of the Children and Focus on the Family Canada.
-
check out the rest of the page for over 200 links to NGO reports on rights of
the child from the 3rd session in January 1993 to the 34th session in September
2003.
- Documents
for Canada
Documents
submitted for the Day of General Discussion (19 September 2003) on "The Rights
of Indigenous Children"
- incl. Canadian presentations by the
International Institute for Child Rights and Development (University of Victoria)
and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
Dialogue
on Canada's National Plan of Action for Children
"(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."
PDF
version (117K, 2 pages)
Word
version (98K, 2 pages)
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CRINMAIL
issue 515
(Child Rights Information Network Newsletter)
Special
Edition on the 34th Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
-
Committee on the Rights of the Child Concludes 34th Session [news]
- Concluding
Observations from the 34th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
[documents]
- Recommendations Following the Day of General Discussion on the
Rights of Indigenous Children [report]
- General Comment on General Measures
of Implementation for the Convention on the Rights of the Child [report]
Child
Rights Information Network working paper on the Special Session
(PDF file - 426K, 12 pages)
May 2002
Position
paper on latest outcome document (PDF file - 17K, 2 pages)
22
April 2002
Selected
Readings on The Special Session on Children - links to a dozen key websites
and documents
Millennium
Development Goals - from UNICEF
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MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS: Youth Participation [website]
Voices
of Youth has launched a new learning module for adolescents on the Millennium
Development Goals:
What can you
do to help end poverty?
The site
contains: information for adolescents about the MDGs; activities based on the
Millennium Indicators database; audio and video messages from young people on
the theme of the MDGs; downloadable posters, flyers and postcards; sample MDG
project plans; real life stories about Voices of Youth members who are contributing
to the fight against poverty; lively discussions in English, French and Spanish
on how the MDGs can be achieved.
The module provides
adolescents with opportunities to learn about the MDGs, discuss their impact,
and discover ways of taking action to reach the 2015 goals.
Since
1995, Voices of Youth has provided young people around the globe with an opportunity
to explore, discuss and take action on complex human rights and development issues.
Through its numerous discussion boards and live web-based chats, Voices of Youth
has provided an opportunity to thousands of young people from every region to
educate themselves and partner with their peers to make changes in their own lives
and in their communities.
Voices
of
Youth Millennium Development Goals page
- incl. links to : The big
picture * Fact sheet * The eight goals * Is your country on track? * Take action!
* Photo journals * Brain teasers* Polls * Child rights * Education * HIV and AIDS
* Commercial sexual exploitation * Water, environment and sanitation * Media *
State of the World's Children
Reviewed by:
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See also the CRIN
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Child
Rights Information Network (CRIN)
CRINMAIL 707: Special Edition on the Millennium
Development Goals Review Summit
25 August 2005
CRINMAIL
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Subscribe to this regular e-mail newsletter by sending a blank email to crinmail_english-subscribe@domeus.co.uk
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Source:
Child
Rights Information Network
"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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WORLD
SUMMIT 2005: Reviewing MDG Progress 5 Years On
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:
Revised
draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting
of the General Assembly
of September 2005 (PDF file - 442K, 39 pages)
- submitted by the
President of the General Assembly
In
Larger Freedom:
Towards Security, Development and Human Rights for All
-
by Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Source:
2005
World Summit - United Nations
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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:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6085
To
read the Millennium Declaration, visit:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=6086&flag='news'
For
general and up-to-date information on the MDG progress, visit CRIN's dedicated
webpage at:
http://www.crin/org/mdgnews
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8 GOALS: Online Information and Resources by Issue
GENDER
and the Millennium Development Goals (OXFAM)
http://publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/add_info_009.asp
HEALTH
and the Millennium Development Goals (WHO)
http://www.who.int/mdg/en/
EDUCATION
and the MDGs (Global Campaign for Education)
http://www.campaignforeducation.org/resources/resources_latest.php
EDUCATION
FOR GIRLS (Save the Children)
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/girlseducation
ENVIRONMENT
and the MDGs
http://www.unep.org/mdgs/unep_and_mdg/index.asp
(UNEP)
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6095
(WELL)
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-
PUBLICATIONS: UN and NGO Reports on the MDGs
The
Millennium Development Goals Report 2005, from the United Nations
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6092
We
the People 2005 - Mobilising for Change: Messages from Civil Society,
from the North-South Institute (NSI) and World Federation of United Nations Associations.
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6094
Promises,
Promises: How can the Millennium Development Goals be met?, from Save
the Children UK.
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6096
Youth
and the Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation,
from the Ad Hoc Working Group for Youth and the MDGs
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6090
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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.
http://www.millenniumcampaign.org
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.
http://www.unmillenniumproject.org
The
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME's website provides all regional and country
reports on the Millennium Development Goals.
http://www.undp.org/mdg/countryreports.html
OXFAM's
campaign on the MDGs
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/campaign/mdg
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.
http://www.takingitglobal.org/themes/mdg/index.html
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.
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/mdgs/index.asp
| United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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 UN
General Assembly Special Session on Children - 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 |
The
State of the World's Children 2008
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:
State
of the World's Children 2008 (PDF file - 4.3MB, 164 pages)
The
State of the World’s Children 2007
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.
-
incl. links to all related material --- news release, full report, profiles, statistics,
youth centre, Gender and the life cycle (multimedia feature), and more...
Empower
Women to Help Children
Gender Equality Produces a ‘Double Dividend’
that Benefits Both Women and Children, UNICEF Reports
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.
Executive
Summary (PDF file - 697K, 44 pages)
Full
report (PDF file - 1.8MB, 160 pages)
Download
the report by chapter (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
View previous issues
of this report - annual, back to 1996
A
year later, children still waiting for leaders to deliver:
Goals
Agreed to by All Nations in May 2002 Are Slow to Take Hold
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:
When
it comes to children, world still at a crawl
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:
A
World Fit for Children (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.
United
Nations Special Session on Children (official web site)
Related
press releases
The
State of the World's Children reports
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.
State
of the World’s Children 2004
"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."
Table
of Contents - links to individual chapters, appendices, tables, maps and
figures
Complete report
(PDF file - 3.35MB, 156 pages)
UNICEF
says getting more girls into school is first step to reaching Global Development
Goals
Millions of girls are left out every year, with major consequences for
nations
Press release
December 11, 2003
Related
Links:
State
of the World's Children 2004 : Spotlight on Girls' Education
-
what Canada (through CIDA) is doing about girls' education in the world
CIDA's
Action Plan on Basic Education
Source:
Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA)
United
Nations Member States Poised to Endorse Wide-Ranging Goals for Children : Global
Effort to Reduce Mortality, AIDS, Exploitation, and Poverty Among Children
Press release issued by the UN Department of Public Information
GENEVA
/ NEW YORK, 26 April 2002
World
leaders to take centre stage at UN Special Session on Children
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."
Other
Press Releases leading up to the Special Session
Children
Issue Statement To World Leaders at the UN :
'We
Are Not An Expense, We Are An Investment - We Are Citizens of This World'
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."
State
of the World’s Children 2003
"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.
Complete
Report Online (download the entire report or selected sections)
We
the Children: End-decade review of follow-up to the World Summit for Children
(PDF file - 995K, 141 pages)
May 2001
The
Progress of Nations 2000
July 2000
Over 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
Say
Yes for Children
"Add your voice and say Yes to the 10 critical
actions needed to improve the lives of children and adolescents everywhere."
-
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
Governments
'Say Yes' as agreement is reached on global goals and plan of action for world's
children
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."
21
Goals and Targets *- 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...]
Child
Rights - information concerning the 1999 Convention on the Rights
of the Child and the rights of children, youth and women
Child
Statistics (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.
Online
UNICEF publications (organized by date)
Online
UNICEF publications (organized by theme)
Eurochild
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
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:
Fact
Sheet on Child Poverty in the EU (Word file - 1.9MB, 6 pages)
September
2007
- includes information and figures about various forms, areas and reasons
for child poverty
Monthly
e-News Bulletin
"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.
- September
2007 issue of the Bulletin (PDF file - 284K, 20 pages)
Ending
Child Poverty within the EU (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.
"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."
| World
Forum 2004
Fifteenth Annual Summit of Child Welfare Leaders
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." |
National
Plans of Action - A World Fit for Children (part of Summit website info)
Source:
International
Forum for Child Welfare
Related Link:
UN
General Assembly Special Session on Children -
May 8-10, 2002
Official UNICEF website for the Special Session
| Human Rights
Education Associates (HREA)
"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." |
The
Rights of Children & Youth
- 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:
Study
Guides
"...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
| ReliefWeb
"Serving
the information needs of the humanitarian relief community" |
Committee
on Rights of Child to meet in Geneva from 11 to 29 September 2006
Situation
of Child Rights in Samoa, Ethiopia, Oman, Kiribati, Swaziland, Senegal, Republic
of Congo, Benin, Ireland and Jordan to be Reviewed
| Fair
Play for Children (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. |
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.
PlayAction
OnLine (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
link:
International
Play Association
A worldwide organisation of 800 members dedicated
to promoting the Child's Right to Play
Links
to related resources about children and fair play
Children's
organisations based in United Kingdom - from the Child
Rights Information Network
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