We have extended the deadline for submitting letters of nomination for our child rights awards to October 18, 2013. Details about the awards can be found on our Awards page with descriptions of our past recipients. Nominate a person or group that you think is deserving of recognition for their work to promote the rights …
CCRC calls for new mechanisms to implement international human rights agreements in Canada.
The gap between Canada’s signature on human rights agreements and implementation in Canada was a common theme of over 50 Canadian groups who sent submissions for review of Canada’s record by the UN Human Rights Council. This is a main issue for children’s rights, and the CCRC is a partner in the efforts to fix the system for all rights.
The CCRC presented a different option for the case of Omar Khadr – one that upholds new international norms to end the use of child soldiers and the principles in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. For more information, read a joint letter to Prime Minister Harper and a statement made to the …
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