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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 …

Children and Budget 2016

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

A Step Forward for Canada’s Children: Budget 2016 is a big step forward for the children of Canada. The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) agrees that investing in our children is both the right thing to do and a good economic investment. This was emphasized in the last CCRC comprehensive report on …

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Children and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

by Kathy VandergriftMonitoring Canada and the UNCRC March 15, 2016September 10, 2018No Comments

Children in Canada will benefit if Canada takes seriously the outcome of its sixth review under the International Convention on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Recommendations for children repeat themes that the CCRC raised during the review of children’s rights. Canada was asked to take action on a wide range of issues, including: the need …