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+UNITED NATIONS: 2011 MEETING ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

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The Human Rights Council

ANNUAL FULL-DAY MEETING ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Rights of the child: Holistic approach for the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street

Read more HERE – http://www.crin.org/docs/conceptnote-annual full day children.doc

The theme for the United Nations’ Day on the Rights of the Child, which takes place on Wednesday March 9th, 2011 will be “Children working and/or living on the streets”.

The Annual Day on the Rights of the Child, taking place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the 9th of March, 2011 will include two panels:

Panel One

– The root causes and factors leading children to live and/or work on the street. This morning session will take place from 10:00am to 1pm.

Panelists include:

  • Najat Maalla M’jid, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
  • Father Patrick Shanahan, President and Founding Member, Street Invest
  • Youth representatives:-Sévérine Tangni and Wilfried Essomba from the African Movement of Working Children and Youth (Benin and Cameroun)
    Mohammad Riaz and Tania Akther, youth representatives from Plan supported Programmes (Bangladesh) –
  • Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Commissioner and Rapporteur on Children, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.


Panel Two

– The conditions of children living and/or working on the street: prevention strategies and responses. This afternoon session will take place from 3pm to 6pm.

Panelists include:

  • Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children.
  • Abdul Khalique Shaikh, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Marco Antonio Da Silva Souza, Director, Proyecto Meninos e meninas da rua Brazil
  • Susan Bissell, Chief, Child Protection Unit, UNICEF
  • International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), International Labour Organization (TBC)

For full details of the Day, read the concept note attached.
Further information

Organisation Contact Details:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Civil Society Section
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais Wilson, Office 2-031
Geneva, Switzerland

Tel: Tel. +41-(0)22-917-9230
Email: Email: civilsociety@ohchr.org
Website: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/CivilSociety.aspx

Last updated 14/02/2011 04:08:43

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