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This report represents a summary of presentations and discussions of the 5th Biennial International Conference on Alternative Care for Children in Asia held throughout the two days in Kathmandu, Nepal, in September 2023. BICON is an inter-agency cooperation of eight international organisations focused on alternative care for children.
Over 53 speakers and 300 participants, including over 50 young people with care experience, from across Asia and beyond joined us and shared their perspectives. BICON was also streamed to participants around the world.
As well as a summary…
This resolution on orphanage trafficking was adopted by consensus at the 147th IPU Assembly and endorsed by 180 parliaments.
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has published a new report following a request by the Human Rights Council on Support systems to ensure community inclusion of persons with disabilities, including as a means of building forward better after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
The report proposes an interesting conceptual framework for gender-responsive and disability-inclusive support and care systems, addressing care for children and adults, drawing lessons from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also addresses the need for…
The National Care Service (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 20 June 2022. The purpose of the Bill is to "improve the quality and consistency of social services in Scotland" by creating a duty on Scottish Ministers to "promote a comprehensive and integrated care service" and making provision for "the establishment of care boards to carry out Ministers' functions in relation to social care, social work and community health."
In their Stage 1 Report published on 19 December, the Scottish Parliament's Education, Children and Young People Committee warned that plans…
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Violence Against Children to the UNGA. SRSG reports annually to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on progress achieved and lessons learned on the protection of children from violence.
Guided by General Assembly resolution 62/141, by which the Assembly established the mandate, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children is a global, independent advocate for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children. In its resolution 76/147, the…
In the present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 76/147, the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, Mama Fatima Singhateh, describes the activities undertaken in relation to the discharge of her mandate since her previous report to the Assembly (A/76/144). She also presents a thematic study on addressing the vulnerabilities of children to sale and sexual exploitation within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. The study includes…
The mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG CAAC) was created by the General Assembly in 1996.4 This followed the publication of the landmark report on the impact of armed conflict on children, prepared by Graça Machel, the expert appointed by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on 8 June 1994, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 48/157 of 20 December 1993. The report was initiated at the recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in accordance with the provisions of article 45(c) of the Convention on the…
This is the first report from The Promise Oversight Board on progress that Scotland is making to keep the promise. It was a promise made to care experienced infants, children, young people, adults and their families. It was also made to families who live around the ‘care system’ and whose lives are impacted by its decisions. The promise made reflects a commitment that had already been made through the National Performance Framework - that every child grows up loved, safe and respected and able to realise their full potential.
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This is the concept note for the 49th session of the Human Rights Council which is an annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child. The focus of this year's meeting was to identify the implications of a child rights approach to family reunification, paying particular attention to preventing the separation of children from their families, and to children affected in cross-border situations.
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The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 45/30, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report on the rights of the child and family reunification. All children have the right to family life, yet millions worldwide are suffering preventable separation from their families and associated violations of their rights. In the present report, the High Commissioner recommends that States move to develop global, child rights-based guiding principles and a global strategy for family reunification.
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