UN: Expert meeting on children living and / or working on the street

Summary: Following on from this year's Annual Day on the Rights of the Child, which focused on children living and / or working on the street, an expert meeting, organised by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), took place in Geneva from 1 - 2 November.

A broad range of organisations contributed to discussions on a number of themes as part of the consultation process:

• Putting children at the center: main challenges for children in street situations
• Framework of Child Protection Systems: Roles and responsibilities in the promotion and protection of children in street situations
• Good practices and lessons learned to promote and protect the rights of children living and working on the streets
• Collecting and using data to promote and protect the rights of the child

- You can read the Conclusions and Recommendations from the meeting in the attached document

What happens next?

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is currently compiling a report, further to the consultation meeting, and will present their final report to the Human Rights Council.

Further Information

• Read about the 2011 Annual Day on the Rights of the Child (which focused on children living and / or working on the street)
• Read the resolution which followed the Annual Day
• Read "A Mapping and Gapping Review of the literature on Street children: 2000 - 2010"
• Read the NGO statement on street children to the Day of the African Child 2011