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About the NGO Group for the CRC "Promoting, Implementing and Monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child" Related Links| Background | Mission and aims | Structure and functions | Subgroups | Coordinating Committee | Liaison Unit | Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children | Priority activities for 2000-2005 | Publications | Membership The NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (NGO Group) brings together a variety of organisations into a cooperative network. What all share is a concern for the promotion, monitoring and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). From 1983 (as the Informal Ad Hoc NGO Group for the Drafting of the CRC) members of the NGO Group were actively involved in the drafting of the Convention. The NGO Group has been credited with having a constructive influence on the Convention's final text. As soon as the CRC had been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the NGO Group decided to continue working as a group on the monitoring and implementation of the CRC and adopted its current name. The NGO Group is a registered network with the mission to facilitate the promotion, implementation and monitoring of the CRC. This mission is translated into the following aims:
The
NGO Group is has a membership of over 50 international non-governmental
organisations. Each of these have a constituency and/or activities
in at least three countries. Some members are directly involved in the
implementation of the CRC through their aims and activities. Others have
child welfare as their primary focus. There are also members, such
as special interest groups, religious based charities, women's organisations,
professional associations and trade unions, for whom the rights of the
child form one aspect of a wider mandate. NGO
Group members form Subgroups and Taskforces to work on themes or issues
related to specific articles of the CRC. These thematic areas include
child labour, sexual exploitation, children in armed conflict and displacement,
to name a few. Subgroups form an integral part of the NGO Group's
work in ensuring that children's rights is actively advanced within the
UN system, as well as other international fora. Through these Subgroups
members have a platform for debate and joint action. The
overall work of the NGO Group is facilitated by the Coordinating Committee
and includes Subgroup convenors. The committee coordinates actions
undertaken by and on behalf of the NGO Group. The
NGO Group has two projects, namely the Liaison Unit and the Focal Point
on Sexual Exploitation of Children. The Liaison Unit forms an important core area of the NGO Group's work. It began in the early 1990s to ensure that national level NGOs participated in the reporting process of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. It strengthens cooperation between the global NGO community and the Committee. The Unit also monitors the existence and work of national child rights coalitions worldwide. It provides technical support to coalitions toward effectively promoting, monitoring and implementing the CRC. To these ends the Liaison Unit:
For more information, email dci-ngo.group@pingnet.ch; telephone 00 41 22 740 4730; fax 00 41 22 740 1145. Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children The Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation was created in 1996 by the co-organisers of the World Congress Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children. The Focal Point facilitates collaboration amongst interested parties at all levels to facilitate the co-ordination of global action to combat child sexual abuse, exploitation and violence within the framework of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Stockholm Agenda for Action. It also addresses the need for international information co-ordination and for monitoring issues related to child sexual exploitation, violence and abuse. The Focal Point activities include:
For more information, email fpp@bluewin.ch; telephone 00 41 22 740 47 30; fax 00 41 22 740 11 45. Website: www.againstsexualexploitation.org The NGO Group's main aims for the years 2000-2005 are:
The NGO Group publishes information about the content and implementation of the Convention. Publications in English, French, and Spanish are available in hard copy format (for a nominal fee) from the Secretariat of the NGO Group, or in pdf format on the CRIN website. This includes the following:
To become a member of the NGO Group mail a letter of application along with copies of recent annual reports and audited accounts. The application will be reviewed based on existing criteria for membership and approval awarded by the full membership. Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa Anti-Slavery International Arigatou Foundation Associated Country Women of the World Association of Networks for Community Empowerment (ANCE) Association for the Protection of All Children (APPROACH) Association Francios-Xavier Bagnoud Associazione Gruppo ABELE - NGO Baha’i International Community BICE Center for Organisation Research and Education (CORE) Child Rights Alliance for England (CRIGHTS) Christian Children’s Fund Inc. Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Consortium for Street Children Defence for Children International (DCI) Disability Awareness in Action European Association for Children in Hospital (EACH) ECPAT International Education International Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) Fundación Intervida Human Rights Watch Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women International Abolitionist Federation International Alliance of Women International Association for the Child’s Right to Play International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) International Council of Jewish Women International Council of Nurses International Council of Women International Federation of Business and Professional Women International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) International Federation of Women in Legal Careers International Federation ‘Terre des Hommes’ International Inner Wheel International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism International Movement ‘ATD Fourth World’ International School Psychology Association International Social Service Jesuit Refugee Services Jubilee Campaign La Voix de l'Enfant Lutheran World Federation Mani Tese Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Norwegian Refugee Council Penal Reform International (PRI) Plan International Plataforma da Infancia Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (RAPCAN) St. Vincent and the Granadines Human Rights Association Save the Children Sweden Save the Children Alliance Soroptimist International SOS - Kinderdorf International Werkstatt Ökonomie Women's World Summit Foundation World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGS) World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women World Federation of United National Associations World Jewish Congress World Organisation Against Torture/SOS-Torture World Organisation Early Childhood Education (OMEP) World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations World Vision International Zonta International Contact details NGO
Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child Visiting address: Defence for Children International offices, 4th floor, 1 rue de Varembé, Geneva, Switzerland
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