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SUMMARY:Regional Workshop on Strategic Litigation for the Protection of the Rights of the Child in Latin America
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URL:https://opic.childrightsconnect.org/event/regional-workshop-on-strategic-litigation-for-the-protection-of-the-rights-of-the-child-in-latin-america/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200907
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SUMMARY:Side event of Civil Society Forum of the African Child Committee
DESCRIPTION:On September 7th\, Child Rights Connect was invited to speak at a side event of the Civil Society Forum of the African Child Committee on best practices in documentation of rights violations: a comparison between the ACWRC and the OPIC communications procedure.
URL:https://opic.childrightsconnect.org/event/side-event-of-civil-society-forum-of-the-african-child-committee/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20200625T170000
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SUMMARY:The 3rd Optional Protocol to the CRC and the Access to a Child-Friendly Justice
DESCRIPTION:Child Rights Connect participated in an online event on the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (OPIC) and the Access to a Child-Friendly Justice. Together with Jorge Cardona\, ex Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child\, we shared some thoughts on the use of the OPIC as well as some remaining challenges and opportunities to ensure access to justice for all children. A representative from the Inter-American Court on Human Rights also shared how the Court has been ensuring access to justice to children. \nThe event was organized by Defense for Children International (DCI) Costa Rica together with the Regional Office of UNICEF in Costa Rica and the National Childhood Trust of Costa Rica (PANI). The agenda can be found here.
URL:https://opic.childrightsconnect.org/event/the-3rd-optional-protocol-to-the-crc-and-the-access-to-a-child-friendly-justice/
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SUMMARY:A case for the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OPIC)
DESCRIPTION:For more information about the side event\, check our concept note and agenda here.
URL:https://opic.childrightsconnect.org/event/a-case-for-the-ratification-of-the-optional-protocol-to-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child-on-a-communications-procedure-opic/
LOCATION:New York UN Headquarters\, Room E\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20190528T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20190528T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T214104
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SUMMARY:Girls not Mothers: Strategic Litigation for Social Change
DESCRIPTION:Planning the strategy to bring an issue to the attention of an international human rights mechanism\, and choosing the mechanism (regional\, UN\, etc.) for where to present a complaint are tough decisions. Child Rights Connect hosted Global Planned Parenthood\, the Center for Reproductive Rights together with in-country partners\, to discuss\, for the first time ever\, the litigation strategy behind four cases presented to the UN Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. All cases concerned girls of sexual violence who were forced carry their pregnancies to term. \nThe event was also an opportunity to hear firsthand from local and international organizations\, along with survivors\, on how they are using international human rights’ protection mechanisms (including the OPIC) as an advocacy tool in their own countries. \nFurther information:\n– On May\, 29th 2019 a press conference was held on the cases being presented to the Human Rights Committee.\n– Prior to the presentation of the cases to the UN\, Planned Parenthood Global published a multi-country study on the health effects of forced motherhood on girls aged 9-14.
URL:https://opic.childrightsconnect.org/event/girls-not-mothers-strategic-litigation-for-social-change/
LOCATION:Child Rights Connect\, Rue de Varembé 1\, Genève\, 1202\, Switzerland
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190501
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SUMMARY:Roundtable Discussion: “Towards a better implementation of the UNCRC through its Third Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure”
DESCRIPTION:On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the entry into force of the OPIC and the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC\, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children\, the Committee on the Rights of the Child\, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Child Rights Connect co-organized a closed and informal Roundtable Discussion with selected States and partners to promote States’ ratification of the OPIC and increase understanding of its added value to the realization of children’s rights. The Permanent Missions of the Slovak Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva sponsored the event. \nRead the Report on Key Findings of Roundtable Discussion: “Towards a better implementation of the UNCRC through its Third Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure”
URL:https://opic.childrightsconnect.org/event/roundtable-discussion-towards-a-better-implementation-of-the-uncrc-through-its-third-optional-protocol-on-a-communications-procedure/
LOCATION:Palais des Nations\, Avenue de la Paix 8-14\, Geneva\, 1211\, Switzerland
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190415
DTSTAMP:20260423T214104
CREATED:20190829T021832Z
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SUMMARY:OPIC Anniversary: 5 Years since Children can Lodge Complaints with the UN about Violations of their Rights
DESCRIPTION:14 April 2019 marks 5 years since the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OPIC). \nThe Protocol empowered children allowing them to complain directly\, and for the first time ever\, to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child about alleged violations of their rights. Children can also request an inquiry in case of a systematic or grave violation of their rights. \nSince 2014\, 43 States have ratified the OPIC\, a number that remains meagre in comparison to the 196 States that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Child Rights Connect is happy that UN experts took up its proposition to issue a press release urging for a wider ratification of the instrument and joins the experts view that while “States have the ultimate responsibility to ensure that any violation of children’s rights is properly resolved at the national level. Where this is not the case\, the voice of children must be heard at the international level.” In the year marking the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child\, Child Rights Connects hopes for States commitments to the right of the child to translate in a wider ratification of the Protocol. \nSince the 1980’s when the CRC Convention entered into force\, Child Rights Connect (then called the NGO Ad Hoc Group on the CRC) already advocated for the inclusion of an individual petition system but it was only in in 1999\, when the Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee) decided to consider discussing such a new mechanism. Child Rights Connect has led the international coalition for the advocacy\, drafting and negotiation of the Protocol. Since its adoption\, Child Rights Connect engages in capacity-building and dissemination of the Protocol. It is now also working on a ratification campaign of the instrument and exploring possibilities of setting us a strategic litigation clinic.
URL:https://opic.childrightsconnect.org/event/opic-anniversary-5-years-since-children-can-lodge-complaints-with-the-un-about-violations-of-their-rights/
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