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Summary: The proposed theme for the Day on the Rights of the Child next year (2012) is "Children and the Administration of Justice".
Proposed theme for 2012 With the theme for the 2011 Day on the Rights of the Child confirmed as being: "Children living and / or working in the street", attention turns towards the topic for the 2012 day of discussion. Members of the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child Working Group on the Human Rights Council, would like to propose the topic of "Children and the administration of justice" for the Human Rights Council Day on the Rights of the Child in March 2012. Proposed content of discussion The purpose would be to cover both issues about the rights and needs of children of prisoners and issues relating to children in the justice system such as age of criminal responsibility, juvenile prosecution in adult courts, arbitrary detention, conditions of detention, life sentences and the juvenile death penalty. Children of prisoners will have been considered by the Committee on the Rights of the Child at its Day of General Discussion in September 2011, and the results of that event would provide timely input into one part of the Human Rights Council day. A focused resolution on child rights in the context of the administration of justice could not only encapsulate the issues but request appropriate follow-up from OHCHR and others. What you can do NGOs are encouraged to take every opportunity to lobby both the European Union (who will be proposing the theme for the 2012 day in the March 2011 Resolution) and the Member States to support the proposal, emphasising the support it has amongst NGOs and the advantages of selecting this theme this year as it links well with the CRC day of general discussion on children of incarcerated parents. Signatories include: Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) If you would like to sign on to this, contact: Carolan Goggin Programme Assistant (Human Rights and Refugees) Tel: +41 22 748 48 03
International Catholic Child Bureau (BICE)
Defence for Children International (DCI)
International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)
Human Rights Advocates
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF)
Plan International
World Vision
Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
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