Forum of children rights protection organizations in Ukraine

On 19th - 20th February 2009 forum gathering organizations working in the field of children rights took place in Ukraine. The event was a joint initiative of Women's Consortium of Ukraine and Save the Children Sweden.
The topic of the event was "Children rights: twenty years of work" and it was organized on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Particular emphasis was placed on analyzing the issues below:

  • the extent to which the Convention is applied in Ukraine,
  • the main obstacles preventing international child rights standards to be introduced in Ukraine legal system,
  • perspectives for further development of children rights approach in Ukraine.

The forum was aiming to bring together governmental institutions, as well as international and nongovernmental organizations working to improve welfare of children. Representatives of Council of Europe, UNICEF, and Ukrainian ministries were among those invited to participate in the meeting.

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