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20th Anniversary of the CRC

New: Read our special CRINMAIL marking the 20th anniversary

Welcome to our events webpage marking the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which takes place on 20 November 2009.

The occasion marks an important milestone in the history of the Convention which, over its lifetime, has become the most universally endorsed human rights treaty in the world. Below, you will find a list of global events celebrating the special occasion. Please let us know if you are organising an event by emailing us at info@crin.org

UNICEF has a special webpage dedicated to the anniversary. Visit: http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/index.html. Also by UNICEF, Laying the Foundations for Children's Rights: An Independent Study of some Key Legal and Institutional Aspects of the Impact of the CRC

The Committee on the Rights of the Child is hosting a special event for the occasion

Visit our guide to the child rights system

NEW: Read our report from the UN event marking CRC20

Type	Title	Date	Organisation
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	DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION: Coverage of the Working groups	03/10/2011	Child Rights International Network
	Using mechanisms of the UN to submit complaints alleging violations of children's rights	21/06/2011	Child Rights International Network
	COMPLAINTS MECHANISM: Summary of Final Drafting Meeting	17/02/2011	Child Rights International Network
	Complaints Mechanism: Reactions to Chair's Proposal (Summary)	17/02/2011	Child Rights International Network
	Complaints Mechanism: Chair's take-it-or-leave-it proposal	16/02/2011	Child Rights International Network
	Complaints Mechanism: Part I (General Provisions)	10/02/2011	Child Rights International Network
	URGENT: Update on the Campaign for a Complaints Mechanism	15/11/2010	NGO Group for CRC Complaints Mechanism Working Group
	NGOs report on the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in Cameroon	15/11/2010	Cameroon Association for the Protection and Education of the Child
	GENERAL ASSEMBLY: 2010 Annual Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child	14/10/2010	UN OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of the Child
	VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN: Report of the SRSG to the General Assembly	23/09/2010	UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children
	MIGRATION: Consultation on the protection of the rights of the child in the context of migration	25/05/2010	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: Annual debate on the Rights of the Child	10/03/2010	UN Human Rights Council
	Communications Procedure: Campaign Update	12/02/2010	NGO Group for CRC Complaints Mechanism Working Group
	Complaints Mechanism: Report from the UN Working Group	12/01/2010	Child Rights International Network
	Complaints Mechanism: Mixed feelings as meeting closes	22/12/2009	Child Rights International Network
	Complaints Mechanism: Timing and Feasibility discussion	17/12/2009	Child Rights International Network
	UNITED KINGDOM: Bridging the divide between the CRC and CEDAW	03/12/2009	no associated organisation
	ETHIOPIA: Children's rights at a cross-roads: a global conference on research and child rights	30/11/2009	no associated organisation
	SCOTLAND: Young Scot - Sounds Right party	26/11/2009	Young Scot
	NORTHERN IRELAND: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – Twenty Years a Growing	26/11/2009	Children's Law Centre
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