4 November 2009 - Child Rights at the Human Rights Council 55
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Children Have Rights Too!
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Education: Questionnaire on the right to education for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers [news]
The annual report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education to be presented to the Human Rights Council in 2010 will focus on the right to education of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers.
With the aim of hearing from all interested persons and/or organisations about their experiences, concerns and thoughts in the provision of education for migrants, refugees and/or asylum seekers, the Special Rapporteur seeks and would welcome your cooperation by responding to this questionnaire as fully as possible.
The focus of the report, and as such of the proposed questionnaire, is on persons who are living outside the territory of the county of which they are nationals or citizens, irrespective of their age. It includes migrants in regular or irregular situations, and persons who are subject to the legal protection of the status of refugee and/or those who are seeking asylum.
To ensure a full reflection in the answers of the differing status, needs and experiences of migrants and refugees and/or those who are seeking asylum, where appropriate the questions have been split into one of two categories: (i) migrants and (ii) refugees and/or asylum seekers. Should one category not apply to your domain of expertise please simply pass on to the next question.
In responding to this questionnaire, particular attention should be paid to the principle of non-discrimination, in conjunction with the four essential features previously identified as critical components of the right to education, namely, availability , accessibility , acceptability and adaptability .
It is strongly encouraged that submissions be made in a UN working language due to limited capacity for translation and transmitted electronically to vernormu@yahoo.es or by post to Vernor Muñoz, PO Box 1245 – 1007, Centro Colon, Costa Rica
In order for the information received to be used for the report of the Special Rapporteur, submission of responses is encouraged as soon as possible and no later than 20 January 2010.
For more information, contact:
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UNOG-OHCHR, 1211 Geneva 10
Tel: +41 22 917 9000
Website: http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/education/rapporteur/index.htm
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Survey: The Human Rights Council and child rights
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UPR: Deadlines for NGO submissions [news]
This is a reminder of the deadlines for submission of information concerning the Eighth and the Ninth Sessions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review.
Submissions in relation to the 16 countries scheduled to be reviewed at the eighth session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (May 2010) should be sent to uprsubmissions@ohchr.org by:
* 2 November 2009 (now passed) for submissions on Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR; and
* 9 November 2009 for submissions on Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Armenia, Belarus.
Submissions in relation to the 16 countries scheduled to be reviewed at the ninth session of the Working Group on the UPR (December 2010) should be sent to the above-indicated address by:
* 12 April 2010 for submissions on Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malawi, Mauritania, Lebanon, Maldives, Marshal Islands, Micronesia; and
* 19 April 2010 for submissions on Mongolia, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, United States of America, Andorra, Bulgaria, Croatia.
The page limit for submissions is 5 pages when submitted by individual stakeholders, and 10 pages when submitted by large coalitions of stakeholders.
You can find an information note providing information about the 6th session of the UPR Working Group, which begins on 30 November 2009, here
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CRIN: Ask the experts [news]
Do you have a child rights question, but can't find the answer? Or do you think you may hold the answer people are looking for?
Ask the Experts brings people with questions together with people with answers. Anyone can be an 'expert' – as long as you can answer the question to the satisfaction of the person asking.
50 points are awarded for an accepted answer, and there is a leader board for experts who give the most, and the best, answers.
How does it work?
Go here: http://www.crin.org/Experts/ to view current questions awaiting responses. On this page you can log in using your CRINMAIL username (i.e your email address) and password. [Forgot your password? Visit: http://www.crin.org/email/forgottenpasswordform.asp]
We are hoping this new section will encourage further networking and exchanging of ideas and knowledge. We will be holding question and answer sessions with leading child rights experts, but in the meantime, how about testing your own knowledge, or asking a question?
Questions currently awaiting answers include:
Is anyone aware of any research, report, compilation of good examples of child-sensitive complaint mechanisms at national/local level to which children could file complaints about violations of their rights - violence, discrimination, education, etc.?
Answer it: http://www.crin.org/Experts/question/index.asp?QID=1015
Do child rights advocates use rights based indicators to monitor implementation of child rights in their everyday work?
Answer it: http://www.crin.org/Experts/question/index.asp?QID=1016
For more information, contact:
Child Rights Information Network
East Studio, 2 Pontypool Place, London, SE1 8QF
Tel: +44 (0)207 401 2257
Email: info@crin.org
Website: www.crin.org
Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=21192
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