Documents submitted for the Day of General Discussion (17 September
2004) on "Implementing Child Rights in Early Childhood"
The Committee
on the Rights of the Child devoted its 2004 day of general discussion
to the theme of child rights in early childhood. The meeting took place
at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday, 17 September 2004.
The meeting was attended by members of the public and representatives
of non-governmental organisations, including indigenous organisations
and youth groups, UN programmes and agencies, governments and other interested
individuals and organisations.
Background
The UN General
Assembly 2002 Special Session on Children adopted a Plan of Action that
committed Member States to the "Development and implementation of national
early childhood development policies and programmes to ensure the enhancement
of children's physical, social, emotional, spiritual and cognitive development".
The Committee on the Rights of the Child, a body of independent experts
responsible for reviewing progress made by States parties in implementing
the Convention on the Rights of the Child, decided at its 33rd session
to devote its 2004 day of general discussion to "Implementing Child Rights
in Early Childhood" in order to broaden understanding and raise awareness
about the rights of the young children. Early childhood covers different
age groups in different countries and regions, ranging from zero to four,
to zero to eight years. The Committee does not favour the one or the other,
and this theme day will endeavour to broaden understanding and raise awareness
about the rights of the youngest children. The Committee will focus its
discussions on both protection and participation aspects in early childhood
as spelled out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Committee
adopted Recommendations based on the input received and discussions that
took place during this day. These are available in English, French and Spanish.
Further information
about the event is available on the website of the Committee
on the Rights of the Child.
A list of
the submissions for the day is available in [word]
format.
The Committee
on the Rights of the Child decided to devote its next Day of Discussion
to the issue of "Children without parental care". This will
take place during its 40th session, in September 2005. An outline is available
in [word]
format.
Reports submitted
for previous General Days of Discussion are available on the CRIN
website.
The following
documents have been submitted for the Day of General Discussion:
1. Bernard
van Leer Foundation, Children are our Future [pdf]
2. Canadian
Child Care Federation, Keeping our Promises: Right from the
Start [pdf]
3. Centre
for Human Evolution Studies (CEU) & Ius Primi Viri International Association
(IPV), The Rights of the Child [pdf]
4. Comunità
Papa Giovanni XXIII Association, Starting Sound Practices Early
[pdf]
5. European
Association for Children in Hospital (EACH), Steps for Implementing
the Child's Right to Health [part
1 and part
2]
6. FORCES
India - New Delhi, The Status of the Young Indian Child [pdf]
7. FORCES
- Tamil Nadu, Right to Participation of Young Children in India
[pdf]
8. German
League for the Child [pdf]
9. Groupe
Africain, Un acte qui contribue à la protection et à la promotion
des droits de l'enfant : la reconnaissance légale [Français - pdf]
10. Human
Rights Watch - Children's rights division [pdf]
11.
International Baby Food Action Network, Guaranteeing the rights
to survival and development of young children, including the rights to
health, nutrition and education [part
1, part
2.1, part
2.2 India, part
2.3 Italy, part
2.4 Pakistan, part
2.5 UK]
12. International
Foster Care Organisation [pdf]
13.
IPPA, the Early Childhood Organisation, Republic of Ireland,
Implementing Child Rights in Early Childhood [pdf]
14. NGO
Coalition for the Implementation of the CRC - Germany [pdf]
15. NGO
Coalition for the Implementation of the CRC - DRC [Français
- pdf]
16. RAPCAN,
Realising the Rights of the Youngest Child [pdf]
17. República
Argentina - Subsecretaría de Educación, El derecho a la niñez
[Español - pdf]
18. SOS
Kinderdorf International, Implementing Child
Rights in Early Childhood [pdf]
19. SRG
Welfare Society Bangladesh, The Child of Bangladesh & Poor
and Destitute Children in Bangladesh [pdf]
20. UNICEF
[pdf]
21. UNICEF
New Zealand and Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa [pdf]
22. Vera
Misurcova, Implementation of Children's Traditional Games in
Early Childhood [pdf]
23. Victoria
Martinez, La primera infancia desde una perspectiva de derechos
humanos [Español pdf]
24. Ville
de Genève - Délégation à la petite enfance, Petite enfance
: des droits pour ouvrir à la citoyenneté ? [Français - pdf]
25. Presbyter
Gustavo Mascó, Realizacion de los Derechos del Niño
en la Primera Infancia [Español - pdf]
26. Dr.
Rubén Efron, Aporte al Debate "Realizacion de los
Derechos del Niño en la Primera Infancia" [Español
- pdf]
27. Quaker
United Nations Office, Children of Imprisoned Mothers [pdf]
28. Peter
Newell, End All Corporal Punishment of Children Global Initiative
[pdf]
29. Norberto
Liwski, Realización de los derechos del niño en la primera
infancia [Español
- English]
30.
Women's Coalition for Peace and Development & India Alliance for Child
Rights, What
has changed for girls in India in the decade since Beijing and Cairo?
[pdf]
31. Government
of Venezuela, Early Childhood in the Venezuelan Education sector:
Implementing Child Rights [pdf]
32.
India Alliance for Child Rights (IACR), India's Girl Child:
Early Childhood - or Early Disposal? [pdf]
33. Bruce
Abramson, The CRC Rights of Babies and Young Children: 3 Key
Issues [pdf]
34. Government
of Costa Rica, Insumos de Costa Rica Para los Grupos de Trabajo
[Español - pdf]
Background
papers
1. Caroline
Arnold, Positioning ECCD in the 21st Century, Submission written
for the Consultative Group for Early Childhood Care and Education, 2004
Co-ordinators' Notebook [pdf]
2. Defence
for Children International, International Children's Rights
Monitor: Are Youngest Children Being Sidelined in the Child Rights Movement?
(Hard copy only)
3. Council
of Europe, Children, participation, projects - how to make
it work! [English
and French]
4. CLAP,
Exploring Rights of the Child in Early Childhood: a Report of Interface
for Perspective Building on Legal Aspect of Early Childhood Care and Development
[word]
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