Children are the future. But children are also the present, and they have a right to special protection, here and now. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified UN Convention. However, all too often decision-makers fail to protect the best interests of children.
This one-day workshop aims to provide tools for sound and innovative advocacy to promoting children’s well-being, for example through regulating alcohol marketing.
Harmful use of alcohol, especially fueled by the wide availability of alcohol, its easy affordability and omnipresent marketing, puts a burden on children and adolescents. Exposure to alcohol marketing increases the likelihood that children will start using alcohol, and that they will consume more, if they are already using alcohol. The earlier children start using alcohol, the higher is the risk for developing alcohol problems later in life.
It is clear that on all levels – from the local to the European – more can and should be done to advance the best interests of children and to protect their well-being.
Why to attend?
This workshop will be run and facilitated by a team of the prestigious University of Liverpool Law School, led by Prof. Amandine Garde. The purpose of the workshop is to explore the potential of Human Rights instruments for effective usage in advocacy for children’s well-being.
The workshop will provide concrete tools and advocacy solutions for protecting children from alcohol harm, with a focus on alcohol marketing.
If you are interested in attending the workshop, please sign up here: SIGN UP