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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a human rights treaty establishing rights of persons with disabilities. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 December 2006 and it came into force on 3 May 2008. It has been ratified by 157 countries to date. A number of provisions of the Convention are especially relevant to children's care. A number of articles are directly applicable to the care of children with disabilities as well as support for caregivers who have disabilities, in particular Article 7 on children with…
This Political Declaration is the outcome document from the United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting to address large movements of refugees and migrants held on the 19th September 2016. Through the Declaration Member States endorse a set of commitments which apply to both refugees and migrants and also sets of commitments for refugees and migrants respectively. Within this declaration, the member states recognize and agree to address the human rights and special needs of all vulnerable migrants and refugees, including children, with special attention to…
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a human rights treaty establishing the rights of children. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1989 and it came into force on 2 September 1990. It has been ratified by 195 countries to date. A number of provisions of the Convention are especially relevant to children's care, in particular, Articles 9, 10, 19, 20, 21, among others.
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This Declaration on Child Rights and Wellbeing was adopted by the Partner States of the East African Community (EAC) in Bujumbura on 3rd September 2012 during the First EAC Child Rights Conference under the theme, “Addressing the issues that negatively impact on the realisation of child rights in the EAC.”
The American Convention on Human Rights in an international human rights instrument adopted in San Jose, Costa Rica in November 1969. It has been ratified or acceded by 25 countries in the region (As of September 2015). It includes a number of articles relevant to children's care including, Article on the Right to Personal Liberty, Article 17 on Rights of the Family, Article 18 on the Right to a Name, Article 19 on Rights of the Child and Article 24 on the Right to Equal Protection.
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This Unified Resolution from the Twenty-First Pan-American Child and Adolescent Congress highlights resolutions, declarations, recommendations and general comments relevant to violence against children, made by various treaty bodies and general assemblies. The Resolution recognizes the legislative impact the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has had in the Inter-American System and the progress Member States have made in addressing violence against children. The Resolution also considers the imperatives and responsibilities of Member States to maintain and increase efforts…
In advance of the 21st Pan American Child and Adolescent Congress, the United Nations General Assembly, the Government of Brazil, together with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of the Global Movement for Children, and the NGO Group on Children without Parental Care based in New York, convened an international consultation on the elimination of violence against children in alternative care. Experts in government and civil society gathered together to…
A brief revised draft resolution from the UN General Assembly on the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and its recognition of the continued importance of “giving due consideration to advancing family policy development in the ongoing discussion on the post-2015 development agenda.”
The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 68/136. The report focuses on the initiatives and activities by Member States and other relevant stakeholders in observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family, at all levels, and on recent family policy developments.
This Joint General Recommendation from the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is aimed at clarifying the obligations of States to these Conventions regarding “harmful practices.” The Joint General Recommendation makes specific note of the violence and bias that affect women and girls as well as boys. The Committees urge States to fulfill obligations regarding the rights of boys for their protection and to “prevent gender-based violence and the perpetuation of bias and gender inequality later in their lives.”…