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About the Childwatch International Research Network

Mar, 06/03/2014 - 08:34 — CIFEDHOP

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.

Child Rights International network

Sáb, 05/17/2014 - 04:33 — CIFEDHOP

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

The first four issues of the Human Rights Review on open access

Lun, 05/12/2014 - 02:20 — CIFEDHOP

The Human Rights Review is an academic review on law, especially in the field of human rights. It is ediited by the Center on research and fundamental rights  of the Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense University. It is a six-monthly publication including a thematic collection and papers on topics freely chosen as well.

Children’s rights at the UPR - 18th session

Mié, 04/30/2014 - 03:47 — CIFEDHOP

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.

Right to Education Project

Jue, 04/10/2014 - 13:53 — CIFEDHOP

Right to Education Project aims to promote social mobilisation and legal accountability, looking to focus on the legal challenges to the right to education.

The cornerstone of the Project is this wide-reaching website on education rights, a partial continuation of the groundbreaking website (under the same address) of the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Katarina Tomaševski.

Next International Training Session on the UPR

Jue, 03/20/2014 - 11:32 — CIFEDHOP

CIFEDHOP will be holding in Geneva, from October 22nd to October 28th 2014, its 9th International Training Session on the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for educational and civil society organisations. This training session is mainly organised for teachers, educators, researchers, and NGO involved in human rights education. To know more

UPR : Impacts on the Ground

Jue, 03/20/2014 - 10:13 — CIFEDHOP

A study drawn up by UPR tends to show that Universal Periodic Review delivers results on the ground.

 

« According to UPR Info's data, three years after a State’s review, approximately 48% of the recommendations have triggered action by the Government. In other words, by extrapolating this data, almost 1 recommendation out of 2 has produced results at mid-term.

Côte d’Ivoire : a facilitor’s guide to educate to human rights

Vie, 03/14/2014 - 14:01 — CIFEDHOP

Due to the work carried out over the years by School as an Instrument fo Peace and the International Training Centre for Human Rights and Peace Teaching (CIFEDHOP), EIP-Côte d’Ivoire has recently issued a guide to educate to human rights. For further information, follow that link : 

UPR and Corporal Punishment against Children

Dom, 03/09/2014 - 11:13 — CIFEDHOP

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;

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