Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children

Children’s Rights: Making Canada Work Better for Young People

by Kathy VandergriftMonitoring Canada and the UNCRC October 26, 2016September 10, 2018No Comments

November 22: Panel and Workshop discussion on how children’s rights could improve federal/provincial/first nations cooperation to benefit all children in Canada. 2016 is the 25th Anniversary of Ratification of the Convention on the Rights on the Child. Implementation remains a challenge. This topic is timely because progress in many areas involves more several governing bodies. …

Violence Strategies and Children’s Rights

by Kathy VandergriftChildren's Rights in Canada, Protecting Children From Harm September 20, 2016September 10, 2018No Comments

The CCRC welcomes the strong focus on ending violence against women and girls. Paying attention to children’s rights is essential and beneficial for the success of proposed national strategies. That is the message in two submissions the CCRC is making. We hope Status of Women Canada will consider Article 19 of the Convention, General Comment …

Children’s Rights could improve International Assistance Program

by Kathy VandergriftMonitoring Canada and the UNCRC August 3, 2016September 10, 2018No Comments

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 …

National Dialogue on Children’s Commissioner

by Kathy VandergriftMonitoring Canada and the UNCRC June 23, 2016September 10, 2018No Comments

For many years the CCRC has proposed establishment of a National Children’s Commissioner as a focal point for implementation of children’s rights in Canada. The need for and benefit of such an office have been well-documented. What we need now is a national dialogue to build consensus on the mandate and how the office would …

Children’s Rights and International Assistance

by Kathy VandergriftMonitoring Canada and the UNCRC June 23, 2016September 10, 2018No Comments

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 …

Katelynn’s Principle: The child must be at the centre

by Kathy VandergriftProtecting Children From Harm May 2, 2016August 3, 2021No Comments

On Friday, April 29, the jury in the Inquest into the Death of Katelynn Sampson, delivered a number of significant recommendations which are founded on the rights of children, particularly the right to be heard but also their full rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Katelynn was only 7 years …

Evolving Capacity, Age, and Assisted Dying

by Kathy VandergriftChildren's Rights and Governance, Vulnerable Children April 15, 2016August 15, 2017No Comments

Assisted Dying: Alternatives to Arbitrary Minimum Age The government has announced that they will hold further consultations on the question of the age of eligibility in the new legal framework for assistance in dying. For now, the proposed bill includes age 18 as a minimum age requirement. The use of arbitrary age limits in many …