CRC Day of General Discussion (DGD) 2021

2021 UN DGD

Overall objective of the 2021 DGD
 

The overall purpose of the day of general discussion is to examine broadly the current situation regarding alternative care in its complexity, identify and discuss particular areas of concern with regard to the unnecessary separation of children from their families and appropriate ways to respond to family and child separation in cases where it is unavoidable.

The day of general discussion also provides an opportunity to review implementation of relevant international standards and progress made since the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly resolution on the Rights of the Child regarding children living without parental care, the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty and the normative discussions between the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Short Videos: 
Recordings:

Day 1: 

Day 2:

Graphics

Specific objectives of the 2021 DGD

  1. Create meaningful engagement for children and young people who have experience of the child protection system and/or of living in alternative care of any type so they can voice their opinions on what constitutes quality care and advocate for legislative and systemic changes;
     
  2. Acknowledge the harms of care and the abuse of children in care, and explore the measures that can be taken to ensure prevention, intervention and access to justice, accountability and suitable reparation;
     
  3. Draw lessons from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s care and alternative care, including on efforts to strengthen and reform alternative care systems, and make recommendations for the response and preparedness for future public health as well as social and environmental global crises;
     
  4. In order to prevent family separation, expand opportunities for learning from best practice in reducing the number of children admitted to formal alternative care, through enhanced prevention and gatekeeping initiatives;
     
  5. Expand opportunities to learn from evidence about alternative care options and evidence about what constitutes quality alternative care, with a view to establishing a meaningful process for developing guidance on this;
     
  6. Explore efforts towards the development or strengthening of fully-integrated child protection systems;
     
  7. Explore innovative approaches to alternative care for children in particularly vulnerable situations, such as humanitarian contexts and migration, and learning from existing good practices.

 

Displaying 11 - 20 of 29

Browse Other Topics
2021 Day of General Discussion: Report about what children and young people around the world think of their care if they do not live with their parents
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child,

This report is about what children and young people told us about their care and what they want to change. This report is for a meeting that happened in September 2021. The meeting was about care for children who do not live with their parents. People from around the world were at the meeting.

Committee on the Rights of the Child 2021 Day of General Discussion: Children’s Rights and Alternative Care - Background Document

The purpose of this background document is to synthesize and present evidence shared in the submissions received by the Committee through the public consultation process of the

View Background Document
Capturing DGD 2021 - Working Group 3 (Graphic)
DGD on Children's Rights and Alternative Care,

DGD 2021 Graphic: Working Group 3

Capturing DGD 2021 - Opening Plenary (Graphic)
DGD on Children's Rights and Alternative Care,

DGD 2021 Graphic: Opening Plenary

Comité des droits de l'enfant Journée de débat général 2021: Droits de l'enfant et protection de remplacement - Document d'information

Ce document d'information a pour objectif de synthétiser et de présenter les données probantes communiquées dans les contributions soumises au Comité dans le cadre de la procédure de concertation publique (voir le point 1.3 ci-dessous pour plus de

Capturing DGD 2021 - Working Group 1 (Graphic)
DGD on Children's Rights and Alternative Care,

DGD 2021 Graphic: Working Group 1

Note conceptuelle: Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies Journée de débat général 2021 - Droits de l’enfant et protection de remplacement
Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies,

Le Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies (le Comité) a décidé qu’en 2020, sa Journée de débat général (JDG) porterait sur les « Droits de l’enfant et la protection de remplacement ».

Hagan valer nuestras voces - Respuestas de las niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes a la encuesta mundial para el Día de Debate General de 2021 sobre los derechos del niño y el cuidado alternativo - Resumen adaptado para niñas, niños, adolescentes
Kate Butler, Ph.D, Vanessa Currie, MA, Katie Reid, MA and Laura Wright, Ph.D. - International Institute for Child Rights and Development 2021,

Este resumen para niños y jóvenes acompaña al informe "Hagamos que nuestras voces cuenten: las respuestas de los niños y los jóvenes a una encuesta mundial para el Día de debate general de 2021 sobre los derechos del niño y los cuidados alternativos".

Make Our Voices Count: Children and young peoples’ responses to a global survey for the Day of General Discussion 2021 on Children’s Rights and Alternative Care
Kate Butler, Ph.D, Vanessa Currie, MA, Katie Reid, MA and Laura Wright, Ph.D. - International Institute for Child Rights and Development ,

This report was commissioned by a group of civil society organizations (CSOs) in an effort to get a broad sense of what children and young people themselves think about their experiences in alternative care.

Faites en Sorte Que Notre Parole Compte
Kate Butler, Ph.D, Vanessa Currie, MA, Katie Reid, MA and Laura Wright, Ph.D. - International Institute for Child Rights and Development,

Réponses d’enfants et de jeunes à une enquête mondiale en vue de la Journée de débat général sur les droits de l’enfant et la protection de remplacement 2021