Committee on the Rights of the Child supports the campaign for communication procedure

NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child has launched a campaign for a new Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, establishing a complaints/communications procedure.

This mechanism would strengthen enforcement of the Convention, providing children and their representatives with a channel for pursuing breaches of all the rights guaranteed by the CRC. It would also provide new pressure on States Parties to fulfil their obligations and also encourage them to provide effective remedies. Recently, the campaign has gain support of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Online petition existing in the frame of the campaign has already been signed by more then 400 organisations.

Source and more information

Online petition

 

 




Submitted by admin on Wed, 2008-08-27 14:57.