Members of the Coalition will celebrate National Child Day with children across the country on November 20, 2017. We also celebrate the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is the reason for this day. This year the CCRC is drawing attention to the potential benefits of the Convention on the Rights of the …
Read more “National Child Day 2017: Children’s Rights Can Make Canada Work Better”
Canada restated its commitment to promote and protect children’s rights. Questions from members of the UN Committeee on the Rights of the Child, however, highlighted that Canada will need to make changes to put that into practice. How, asked the committee, can Canada make sure that actions by all levels of government work together in the best …
Read more “Today’s Session Poses Important Questions for Canada”
CCRC and our child rights experts provided live blogging of Canada’s appearance before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on September 26 and 27. The live webcast of the review was from 9am to 12pm EST on September 26th and 4am to 7am/9am to 12pm EST on September 27th at www.treatybodywebcast.org . The …