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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…