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ASIA EARTHQUAKE: 3 months on, conditions in earthquake-hit region go from bad to worse (6 January 2006)
12/Jan/2006 News
Summary: Children and their families living in the earthquake-hit areas of Pakistan and India are facing ever more extreme...
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Youth delegates and experts address violence against children in Canada and US (3 June 2005)
11/Jan/2006 News
Summary: Today, youth delegates and experts from across Canada and the US (including the UN Independent expert for the...
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WSIS and children's rights (9 December 2005)
11/Jan/2006 News
Summary: Report on achievements by child rights NGOs at the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, November 2005)...
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Briefing II: Ending Segregation And Developing Inclusive Education: (10 July 2005)
9/Jan/2006 News
Summary: Briefing 2, submitted for the Sixth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee. This briefing gives examples of inclusive...
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Briefing I: Children before choice (10 July 2005)
9/Jan/2006 News
Summary: Briefing 1, submitted for the Sixth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee....
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Information sheet on Article 17 on Education (8 July 2005)
9/Jan/2006 News
Summary: This document was prepared by the International Disability Caucus to be submitted to the Ad Hoc Committee for the...
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EVENT: Press Conference by the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee On Disabilities Convention (12 August 2005)
9/Jan/2006 News
Summary: Don MacKay highlights the importance of the draft instrument not only for some 600 million people with...
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ARTICLE: A New Human Rights Treaty for People with Disabilities (8 September 2005)
9/Jan/2006 News
Summary: As a new UN Convention for people with disabilities is being drafted, Gerison Lansdown looks at the how children...
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ARTICLE: Why Segregation Should Never Be A Right (8 September 2005)
9/Jan/2006 News
Summary: This article forms part of a paper that is based on a meeting held with member organisations specialising in...
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WEBSITE: NGO Comments on the draft text made at the Sixth Session (8 September 2005)
9/Jan/2006 News
Summary: This website contains links to all reports and briefings submitted by NGOs on the draft text made at the Sixth...
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