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Investing in Children's Rights: Considerations on the scope of Article 4 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child regarding budgetary aspects aimed at guaranteeing children’s rights
This document gives an introduction to the basic concepts of human rights and the obligation of State Parties to respect these rights. It also summarises advances made relating to the UN Committee’s General Comment to Article 4 of the UN Convention on the
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Raising Understanding among Children and Young People on the Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure (OPCP)
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children launched the publication 'Raising Understanding among Children and Young People on the Optional Protocol to the CRC on a Communications Procedure (OPCP)'. This child-friendly
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Ensayo relativo a la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño, su Protocolo Facultativo sobre la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía y el marco legal para la prevención y la protección contra el creciente fe
An essay by Alice Binazzi Daniel that is part of an Essay Contest on the problems of childhood and adolescence in Latin America, launched by the Institute for the Preparation of Educators for Youth, Adolescents and Child Workers in Latin America and the C
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Reflections on key processes of children sector in Kenya from 1989 onwards as recorded by some national civil society actors
A newly published documentation highlighting some key processes in Kenya around the adoption and monitoring of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) and the Ken
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Advocacy Toolkit: Campaign for the Ratification of the Third Optional Protocol to the CRC on a communications procedure [Short version]
This advocacy toolkit prepared by the NGO Group for the CRC is designed to help NGOs and child rights advocates to understand the Optional Protocol to the CRC on a communications procedure or OP3 CRC. The toolkit provides guidelines and suggestions on how
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Ratification of The Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (OP3CRC): Draft letter from NGOs to Ministries of Foreign Affairs/Justice
The UN General Assembly took a landmark step for children's rights as it adopted the new Optional Protocol on 19 December 2011 and finalised the adoption process of this new treaty at the UN level. An official signing ceremony was held on 28 February 2012
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Reporte Internacional Anual 2012 sobre la Infancia en la Guerra: Los Dos Congos de la Guerra
The International Annual Report 2012 on Children affected by war has been published on the occasion of the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers (12th February), and the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Optional Protocol on
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Annual Report 2011: Child Rights Governance Initiative
The Global Child Rights Governance Initiative (CRGI) deals with the fundamentals of rights and governance, which is crucial in all that Save the Children is doing for children, be it through improving health conditions, education or protection. The CRGI A
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Raising Understanding among Children and Young People on the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OPSC)
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children has launched the child friendly publication 'Raising understanding among children and young people on the Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child on th
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Fact Sheet 1: The Universal Periodic Review. Information for NGOs
One of two fact sheets published by the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), aimed at assisting NGO's in engaging with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which involves the review of the human rights practices of all States in
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Fact Sheet 2 on NGO submission for the Universal Periodic Review
One of the two fact sheets published by the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), aimed at assisting NGO's in engaging with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which involves the review of the human rights practices of all States
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Educating children with disabilities in Africa: Towards a policy of inclusion. Addis Ababa: The African child Policy forum.
A preliminary investigation, carried out by The African Child Policy Forum prior to this review, revealed that most African countries lack a proper law and policy strategy for the schooling of children with disabilities that complies with the requirements