Call for contributions to the "International Forum on the Rights of the Child" on the theme of "Access to Justice and the Rights of the Child: Local and Global Experiences" The forum will take place on June 2-3, 2025 at Université de Moncton (hybrid event); it is open to individuals and organizations interested in children’s access to justice and aims to share innovative …
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Call for submissions on the draft of general comment No. 27 on children’s right to access to justice and to an effective remedy
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child is seeking contributions from all interested stakeholders on the draft of the general comment. The draft is available at the CCRC website in PDF format or directly on their website as a word document.
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Call for Inputs: Care and support for children with disabilities within the family environment and its gendered dimensions
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The Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities is inviting Governments, National Human Rights Institutions, independent monitoring mechanisms, civil society organizations and networks, including organizations of persons with disabilities and associations of parents, and other relevant stakeholders, to contribute by submitting information and comments on a list of issues.
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40 countries make first-ever joint statement on corporal punishment to Human Rights Council, but Canada was not one of them
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At the first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children that took place in Bogota, Colombia on November 7-8, 2024, many countries pledged changes that would ensure that all children would live free from violence. On 12 March 2025, 40 countries made a first-ever joint statement to the Human Rights Council addressing children’s fundamental right to protection from all corporal punishment but Canada was not one of them.
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