Tilläggsrapport 2013. Nätverket för Barnkonventionen. Barns röster från A till FN

The Alternative Report 2013 for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child submitted by the national network for the CRC in Sweden, covering developments from 2008-to 2012.

All signatory countries of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) must submit a periodic report every five years to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on how children’s rights are being implemented in their respective countries and how the Convention is being followed. When Sweden prepares  its official reports to the UN Committee, The CRC Network (’Nätverket för Barnkonventionen’), encompassing a large number of Swedish NGOs working with and for children,  puts together an alternative report that highlights the views of children and young people on children’s rights.

It is important that the UN Committee and the Swedish government  know if children feel that their rights are being respected and protected  in practice. To that end, The CRC Network organises an annual hearing with the government relating to implementation of the CRC, with children and young people putting the questions.  The present report incorporates the views of 700 children and young people between the ages of 13 to 18 who participated in these hearings over the five-year period 2008-2012, and in the workshops that were held in 2012 in the framework of the project  ”Barns röster från A till FN” (Children’s voices from A to UN).