Accountability in Our Lifetime: A Call to Honour the Rights of Indigenous Children and Youth

Accountability in Our Lifetime: A Call to Honour the Rights of Indigenous Children and Youth
Gabrielle Fayant and Carrington Christmas

For decades, First Nations have called for Canada to respect the sacredness of their children and youth by upholding the best interests of the child, substantive equality and cultural continuity. This call has been echoed in numerous reports including, but not limited to, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996), the Joint National Policy Review (2000), the Wen: De Reports (2005), the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2005), A Roadmap to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #66 (2018) and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (2019). In June 2020, Bill S-217 (now S-210) was introduced by Senator Rosemary Moodie for the creation of an Office of the Commissioner for Children and Youth in Canada. The Bill proposes the establishment of an appointed Commissioner for Children and Youth to promote, monitor and report on
the implementation of Canada’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Patterns of sexual violence against adults and children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: a prospective cross-sectional study

Patterns of sexual violence against adults and children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: a prospective cross-sectional study
Sarah Rockowitz, Laura M Stevens, James C Rockey, Lisa L Smith, Jessica Ritchie, Melissa F Colloff, Wangu Kanja, Jessica Cotton, Dorothy Njoroge, Catherine Kamau, Heather D Flowe

This study examined patterns of sexual violence against adults and children in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic to inform sexual violence prevention, protection, and response efforts.

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 - Child and Youth-Friendly Summary

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 - Child and Youth-Friendly Summary
Kate Butler, Ph.D, Vanessa Currie, MA, Katie Reid, MA and Laura Wright, Ph.D. - International Institute for Child Rights and Development

This child and youth friendly summary accompanies the report "Make Our Voices Count: Children and Young People's Responses to a Global Survey for the 2021 Day of General Discussion on Children's Rights and Alternative Care".

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

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.

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

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 détails sur la procédure de concertation).

Note technique sur la prestation de prise en charge de remplacement en période de COVID-19

Note technique sur la prestation de prise en charge de remplacement en période de COVID-19
Better Care Network, Save the Children, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, UNICEF, and the Inter-agency Task Force

Ce document fournit des conseils pratiques aux acteurs du monde humanitaire et du développement sur les adaptations et les facteurs nécessaires à prendre en compte pour soutenir les enfants, que ces derniers soient actuellement soumis à la prise en charge de remplacement ou en attente de placement durant la pandémie de COVID-19.

Case Management Procedures for Reunification and Reintegration of Children and Adolescents into Family and Community-based Care

Case Management Procedures for Reunification and Reintegration of Children and Adolescents into Family and Community-based Care
Changing the Way We Care

Case Management Procedures for Reunification and Reintegration of Children and Adolescents into Family and Community-based Care was developed together with Secretary of Social Welfare (SBS), the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (PNA), Guatemala’s Attorney General (PGN), the Judicial Branch (OJ), the National Council of Adoptions (CNA), ASOCRIGUA and Hogar Aldeas de Esperanza. It was informed by Changing the Way We Care’s work in Kenya on the Caseworker’s Guidebook: Case Management for Reintegration of Children into Family or Community-Based Care, adapted to the Guatemalan context.