Postponement of UN Review of Canada to Jan 2022

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has announced that the review of Canada will not occur until January 2022. Due to the current pandemic of COVID-19, all sessions have been postponed by one session. Therefore, the deadline to send additional information is 15th December 2021. The CCRC continues to engage in this …

Children’s Rights could improve International Assistance Program

The CCRC has proposed a way to strengthen Canada’s international assistance program. In a submission for the current review, the CCRC proposes that the Convention on the Rights of the Child be adopted as the framework for all international assistance that impacts children, rather than being one small area of programming.   This would improve …

Children’s Rights and International Assistance

The review of Canada’s international assistance program provides an opportunity to make the Convention on the Rights of the Child a comprehensive framework for policies that affect children. The benefit would be greater impact for children through coherence and integration between all aspects of program and policy.  The CCRC also proposed that a Child Rights …

Les enfants et les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels

Les enfants du Canada bénéficieront de la prise au sérieux des résultats de son sixième examen en vertu de la Convention internationale sur les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels. Les recommandations pour les enfants reprennent des thèmes que la CCRC a soulevés lors de l'examen des droits de l'enfant. Le Canada a été invité à prendre des mesures sur un large éventail de questions, notamment : la nécessité ...

CHILDREN CAN NOW SEEK JUSTICE FOR ABUSES THROUGH UN

Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children urges Canada to ratify new treaty so more children can access international justice for rights abuses CANADA, January 14, 2014 – Children whose human rights have been violated will finally be able to bring their cases to the United Nations after a new international treaty was enacted today. …

No advances for Canada’s children following Canada’s Human Rights Review

By Lisa Wolff Board Member, Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children In September, the Government of Canada responded to the 162 recommendations it received to advance the human rights of Canadians, during the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in April, 2013. The UPR is a process to review, every five years, how …

Canada’s Universal Periodic Review

On April 26, 2013, Canada will be appearing before the UN Human Rights Council to report on its implementation of human rights instruments in the country.  The Coalition participated in the NGO consultation on Canada’s performance and had input into the NGO report that went to the UN.  Advance questions from the Council ahead of the …