11 April 2002: CRINMAIL 373: Child Rights at the Commission on Human Rights -Contents - COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: The UN Study on Violence Against Children - Perspectives, Opportunities, Challenges [side event] - CHILD RIGHTS: Omnibus Resolution on the Rights of the Child [backgrounder] - COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: NGO Reports of Proceedings and Side Events [reports] - EDUCATION: The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education Reports to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and Briefs Civil Society, Geneva, 4 April 2002 [briefing] - CRIN: Mainstreaming Child Rights, CRIN Newsletter - Issue 15 [publication] - CRIN: CRINMAIL in Spanish, Issue 2, 3 April 2002 [email list] Your submissions are welcome if you are working in the area of child rights. To contribute, email us at info@crin.org. Please note that we are unable to respond to emails addressed to crinmail_english@domeus.co.uk --------------------------------------------------- - COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: The UN Study on Violence Against Children - Perspectives, Opportunities, Challenges [side event and publication] On Thursday, 11 April 2002, a panel discussion to discuss the forthcoming UN Study on Violence Against Children takes place at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. Speakers include Paulo David ? Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Marta Santos Pais - Director, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Dr Andres Villaveces - Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention, WHO, Peter Newell - Joint Coordinator, Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment and Jo Becker - Policy Director, Children?s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch. The panel discussion will be moderated by Roberta Cecchetti, Convenor of the Subgroup on the Commission on Human Rights In preparation for this discussion, a small editing group prepared a position paper on the UN Study on Violence against Children. This will be made available at the panel discussion on the study itself and includes the names of NGOs that have signed up in support of this document. In this position paper, child rights NGOs welcome the General Assembly?s request (A/Res56/138) that the Secretary General conduct an in-depth study of violence against children and view it as a unique opportunity to expose the extent of the problem and identify safeguards to better ensure protection of children from violence. It can be viewed on the CRIN website in both word [http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_Violence_Posi tion.doc] and pdf [http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_Violence_Posi tion.pdf ] For further information contact: Roberta Cecchetti Subgroup on the Commission on Human Rights c/o OMCT, 8 rue du Vieux-Billard, P.O. Box 21, CH-1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland Tel: 00 41 22 809 49 39; Fax: 00 41 22 809 49 29; Email: rc@omct.org See: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2500&flag=report --------------------------------------------------- - CHILD RIGHTS: Omnibus Resolution on the Rights of the Child [backgrounder] There are numerous occasions when the rights of the child are addressed at the Commission on Human Rights. Additionally the rights of the child are dealt with separately as a specific item of discussion. A specific resolution on the rights of the child is adopted every year, in the form of an omnibus resolution. The existing omnibus resolution on the rights of the child of the UN Commission on Human Rights began as a combination of separate resolutions. Previously a number of resolutions on specific issues affecting children were introduced by the country most concerned about the issue. These included children living and working on the street, sexual exploitation of children and children affected by armed conflict. Concerned about the "proliferation" of resolutions pertaining to children it was decided in 1994 to bring together all the issues in an omnibus resolution. It was initially intended that the omnibus resolution would not only consolidate the many resolutions on child rights but also would be rationalised and shortened. Although there have been some attempts to streamline the resolution, at the same time the resolution has continued to grow through the inclusion of new issues. This growth has often occurred on an ad hoc basis rather than in response to a clear, coherent overarching structure and purpose. The resolution of the 57th session (E/CN.4/RES/2000/85) comprised of 22 preambular paragraphs and 59 operative paragraphs over 14 pages. At the last session an attempt was made to shorten the resolution (E/CN.4/RES/2001/75) by reaffirming parts of the previous resolution, but it is still too long: 18 preambular paragraphs, 38 operative paragraphs and 11 pages. With a range of emerging issues pertaining to child rights, the resolution is likely to expand even more dramatically over the coming years. Further reading: Rights of the child, Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/85, dated 27 April 2000 (E/CN.4/RES/2000/85) [html format at http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/(symbol)/E.CN.4.RES.2000.85.En?O pendocument ] & Rights of the child, Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/75, dated 25 April 2001 (E/CN.4/RES/2000/85) [html format at http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/(symbol)/E.CN.4.RES.2001.75.En?O pendocument] See: http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/treaties/unchr.htm#304 [ Source: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Children's Human Rights Caucus, with CRIN. ] ---------------------------------------------------- - COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: NGO reports of proceedings and side events [reports] The Children's Human Rights Caucus at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) working with the Subgroup on the Commission on Human Rights produces updates on the proceedings and side events at the CHR. Currently, the following reports are available in word or pdf format on the CRIN website. Additional reports are forthcoming. Reports from the second week of the CHR meetings. * Commission proceedings http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_CommissionProc eedings1.pdf http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_CommissionProc eedings1.doc * Side events report 1 http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_side_events1.p df http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_side_events1.doc Reports from the third week of the CHR meetings. * Report of Caucus meetings during the 3rd week of the Commission on Human Rights http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_Meetings_26Mar ch-4April.pdf http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_Meetings_26Mar ch-4April.doc * Commission Proceedings http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_Commission_Pro ceedings.pdf http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publicatoins/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_Commission_Pro ceedings.doc *Side events report 2 http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_Side_Events2.pdf http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/NGOCHR_Side_Events2.doc To receive a copy of the latest timetable from the Children?s Human Rights Caucus, email David Goetschmann at childrensrightscaucus2002@yahoo.com For more information on the Subgroup on the Commission on Human Rights, contact: Roberta Cecchetti Subgroup on the Commission on Human Rights c/o OMCT, 8 rue du Vieux-Billard, P.O. Box 21, CH-1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland Tel: 00 41 22 809 49 39; Fax: 00 41 22 809 49 29; Email: rc@omct.org Go to http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2487&flag=report -------------------------------------------------- - EDUCATION: The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education Reports to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and Briefs Civil Society, Geneva, 4 April 2002 [publication] This brief report brings together reflections on the intervention and briefing session of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education at the 58th session of the Commission on Human Rights. The report is available in pdf format on the CRIN website. Visit: http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/SREducation_CHR2002.pdf or http://www.right-to-education.org/content/index_9.html For further information, please contact: Duncan Wilson, Research Coordinator Right to Education Project c/o Raoul Wallenberg Institute Box 1155, SE-22105 Lund, Sweden. Tel: 00 46 0 46 222 12 00; Fax: 00 46 0 46 222 12 22; Website: www.right-to-education.org See: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2501&flag=report ------------------------------------------------------ - CRIN: Mainstreaming Child Rights, CRIN Newsletter - Issue 15 [publication] This edition of the CRIN Newsletter considers how to take forward the ?mainstreaming? of child rights and illustrates this process through a selection of case studies. This covers the ways in which child rights issues are integrated into the work not only of child focused bodies (such as the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child) but of a much wider range of institutions such as the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the UN Security Council, corporate businesses and other bodies. Although there are many definitions of ?mainstreaming?, generally mainstreaming child rights has been used recently to describe a range of activities and a process that are aimed at bringing child rights in from the margins and into the mainstream. This newsletter draws together key case studies to further the debate on the process of child rights mainstreaming, providing an introduction to the issue and a suite of case studies that look at the various mechanisms and means through which this process is happening. The newsletter documents good practice and innovation. In addition, case studies raise questions about the impact that mainstreaming processes have on the promotion and support of child rights worldwide. Marta Santos-Pais, Director of the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre opens the thematic articles with her guest commentary in which she discusses the history of mainstreaming child rights and the major challenges critical to success in moving the child rights agenda forward. Following articles include the Children's Human Rights Caucus and the Commission on Human Rights, the Special Rapporteurs, the Security Council and Children in Armed Conflict and the issue of Violence Against Children and the forthcoming UN Global Study on the subject. This document is available in both paper and electronic format. It can be viewed at: http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/crinvol15e.pdf. French and Spanish versions are forthcoming. Archives of previous issues of the CRIN Newsletter can be downloaded in pdf format from http://www.crin.org/about/newsletter.asp For further information, please contact: Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) c/o Save the Children, 17 Grove Lane, London, SE5 8RD, UK Tel: 00 44 (0) 20 7716 2240; Fax: 00 44 (0) 20 7793 7628; Email: info@crin.org Website: www.crin.org http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2502 --------------------------------------------------- - CRIN: CRINMAIL in Spanish, Issue 02, 3 April 2002 The second issue of CRIN's occasional CRINMAIL service in Spanish was disseminated on 3 April 2002, providing Spanish coverage of news, latest publications and events relating to child rights. It announced the 58th Session of the Commission on Human Rights, the availability of both optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Spanish on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, as well as NGO Alternative Reports submitted in Spanish at the 29th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (February ? March 2002). In addition, it lists the UNICEF report ?We the Children ? Meeting the Promises of the World Summit for Children? as well as a list of CRIN's Special Session publications in addition to a recent press release about this historic event for children. This issue can be viewed on-line at: http://www.domeus.es/list/website/forum/messages/read?ecircleid=112099&msgid =23423647 To subscribe to this email service contact us at info@crin.org or subscribe online at http://www.crin.org/index/asp; where information about other email services can also be accessed. A similar service in French is also available. Archives for all CRIN?s email services can be viewed at: http://www.crin.org/index.html. --------------------------------------------------- The CRINMAIL is an electronic mailing list of the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN). CRIN does not accredit, validate or substantiate any information posted by members to the CRINMAIL. The validity and accuracy of any information is the responsibility of the originator.
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