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UNICEF calls for end to discrimination against children with disabilities -
Associated Press of Pakistan
Among its key recommendations, UNICEF urges countries that have not yet done so to ratify and implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRBD) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRD). There are currently 127 ...

CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES CAN BE AGENTS OF CHANGE -- UN REPORT
Media For Freedom
Among its key recommendations, UNICEF urges countries that have not yet done so to ratify and implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRBD) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRD). There are currently 127 ...

UN News Centre
Given same opportunities as others, children with disabilities can be agents ...
UN News Centre
Among its key recommendations, UNICEF urges countries that have not yet done so to ratify and implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRBD) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRD). There are currently 127 ...
UNICEF Report Promotes Opportunities for Children with DisabilitiesDay News
Namibia's Education Inclusive - UnicefAllAfrica.com
Removing the stigma of disabilityDeutsche Welle

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See Children with Disabilities as half-full, says UNICEF
ABS CBN News
The State of the World's Children 2013 report urges the governments to ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Philippines is one of the early ...

UN Concerned About Nam Orphans
AllAfrica.com
Under its human rights obligations, in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Namibia has the obligation to protect and promote the rights of all children in its territory, without discrimination of any kind and irrespective of the sex ...

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Support groups help parents of disabled children in Vietnam
IRINnews.org
Getting governments to sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child and setting up policies are “a sine qua non”, Lake said, but are not self-fulfilling. “What matters is at the local level and in communities,” he said. COV first gathered parents ...

Africa: See the Child - Before the Disability, Unicef Says
AllAfrica.com
The report urges governments to ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and to support families so that they can meet the higher costs of caring for children with ...

Children are the future, but let's remember they are someone today
Asian Correspondent
Our activities are founded on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and UNODC is the guardian of international standards, which help define the duties of Member States. However, we also recognize that success cannot be achieved without the ...

VietNamNet Bridge
GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 30/5
VietNamNet Bridge
During the event, President Sang emphasised that Viet Nam always gives priority to child care, protection and education, and the implementation of international conventions, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

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Comments by Race Relations Commissioner welcomed
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... governments. Blaming parents lets the government off its legal responsibility, under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to ensure all children in New Zealand have a standard of living that meets their physical, mental and emotional needs.

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See the child – before the disability, UNICEF says
UNICEF (press release)
The report urges governments to ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and to support families so that they can meet the higher costs of caring for children with ...

UNICEF Calls for End to Discrimination Against Children With Disabilities
Voice of America
The report urges governments to ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It calls on governments to support families so they can meet the higher costs of caring for ...

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spyghana.com
Child Rights Act must be domesticated-FIDA
spyghana.com
In 2003, Nigeria adopted the Child Rights Act to domesticate the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Although the law was passed at the federal level, it will only be effective if state assemblies also enacted it. To date, only 24 of the country's ...

Seven years like a robot: a refugee's life
Village
The reference point for this report was the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by Ireland in 1992. The Reception and Integration Agency has stated that it seeks to adhere to this Convention. However the Convention includes the rights of ...

Adopted Children Have Right to Know Their Origin
AllAfrica.com
The Convention on the rights of the child, Article 8 provides that States Parties should undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as recognised by law without unlawful ...

Burma: Revoke ?Two-Child Policy? For Rohingya
Reuters AlertNet
In March 2012, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, which monitors state compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, called upon Burma to "abolish the local order restricting marriages for Rohingya people and cease ...

Women of China
Children's Day for the Children
Women of China
The basic principle of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is to respect children. The core ideas of the convention are to respect children's rights, including their rights to recreational activities, participation, freedom of selection and ...

Art, book, museum events in metro Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center & Gallery: “Visions of Peace 2013,” a multimedia exhibit of art from metro Detroit students in support of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Artists range from pre-school to high school ...

Scanners for high-risk schools—Gopeesingh
Trinidad Guardian
... called for the return of corporal punishment in schools to deal with delinquency. However, Gopeesingh said: “I do not think that will be entertained at all. The international convention on the rights of the child forbids that. We are a signatory to ...

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Tdh celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Hague Convention on Protection of ...
TrustLaw
The Convention has drawn considerable interest with 90 ratifying countries. As per Article 21 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention aims to put in place a framework to prevent trafficking, selling and laundering of children ...

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