This fifth issue includes an editorial signed by Antoine Lyon-Caen, an interview of Charlotte Girard with the lawyer William Bourdon, a thematic folder on « Revolutions and Human Rights » as a result of a study day organized by PhD students attached to the Centre de recherches et d’études sur les droits fondamentaux (CREDOF, numerous analytical papers, « libres propos » and conferences as well as a bibliography dedicated to Human Rights.
« A quality education, free, compulsory and appropriate to all african children » is the theme chosen by the African Union to underline the 24th African Child Day (ACD). For that occasion, the African Comittee of Experts on the rights and well-being of the child has issued a concept note which aims to :
The Childwatch International Research Network is a global, non-profit, nongovernmental network of institutions that collaborate in child research for the purpose of promoting child rights and improving children’s well-being around the world. It was founded in 1993 as a response from the research community to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, an instrument for changing the focus of research and for ensuring that the perspectives of children are heard.
CRIN is a global research, policy and advocacy organisation. Our work is grounded in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Our work is based on five core values :
We believe in rights, not charity,
We are stronger when we work together,
Information is power and it should be free and accessible, and
Societies, organisations and institutions should be open, transparent and accountable - We believe in promoting children's rights, not ourselves
Recommendations concerning the rights of the child as formulated during the 18th UPR session : a sum up - by Child Rights International Network (CRIN).
«The 18th session of the UPR took place in late January, with fourteen states being reviewed. The reviews will be passed at a future Human Rights Council session, but in the meantime highlights for children’s rights are below.
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
The Global Initiative aims to:
- form a strong alliance of human rights agencies, key individuals and non-governmental organisations against corporal punishment;
- make corporal punishment of children visible by building a global map of its prevalence and legality, ensuring that children's views are heard and charting progress towards ending it;
Save the Children and Plan International have produced a resource guide for the attention of the african civil society.
This resource guide was produced to the attention of non governemental organisation in their support to children and adolescents who are involved in the preparation of reports regarding the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Save the children published Universal Periodic Review Toolkit Add-On Advocacy Guide
«This short advocacy guide aims to provide CSOs and child-led groups with a brief overview of the child rights outcomes and lessons learned from the UPR’s first cycle and how this can help improve advocacy for the second cycle through a 10-step guide to successful child rights UPR advocacy.»
The National EFA 2015 Reviews have been officially launched through invitation letters addressed to all Ministers of Education (attached hereto). As you will see, both the letter and the guidelines suggest that civil society organizations should participate in the national reviews.