This powerpoint presentation contains general information on the campaign, including the latest updates and next steps. The presentation is made by Ms Anita Goh, Advocacy Officer of the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), a global network of 80 national and international child rights NGOs.
The campaign started in 2006 when a group of child rights organisations members of the NGO Group came to the conclusion that a communications procedure was needed for children’s rights violations. This conclusion resulted from observations through the reporting process but also from reports from UNICEF and other organisations. Almost 18 years after the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, serious violations of children’s rights and systemic problems, including gaps in the incorporation of the CRC principles the lack of continued
Child rights violations to be considered by child rights experts Practical and authoritative interpretation of children’s rights and States obligations International remedy for children to appeal to when national remedies do not exist/are ineffective Quasi-judicial mechanism allowing the expert body to provide recommendations to States and follow-up implementation