The rights of the child

Following are some online documents on the rights of children. The items are listed from the most recent to the least recent with undated materials at the end of the list.

National report: Ten year review of the World Summit for Children
Government of Canada
SOURCE: Health Canada, Childhood and Youth Division
Full report available online.

History and vision: Blending child care and early childhood and early childhood education
Martha Friendly, 2000 
SOURCE: Social Policy Research Unit, University of Regina
Full report available online.

The rights revolution
Michael Ignatieff, November 2000.
SOURCE: 2000 Massey Lectures, CBC.
Lecture series available in Real Audio.

The rights of young children
SOURCE: Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, 1999 
Full text available online.

Towards a child-friendly society: National reports
Conference of European ministers responsible for family affairs, XXVI session
SOURCE: Centre for Europe's Children, 1999
Full text available online.

Children's rights and childhood policies in Europe: New approaches?
Closing conference of the childhood policies project
SOURCE: Council of Europe, Centre for Europe's Children, 1998
Full text available online.

Children's rights: Creating a culture of human rights
SOURCE: United Nations High commissioner for Human Rights, 1998 Full text available online.

Background report for the childhood policies project closing conference - Steering committee on social policy
SOURCE: Council of Europe, Centre for Europe's Children, 1996
Full text available online.

Children's right to child care: The United Nations convention on the rights of the child
Sandra Griffin 
SOURCE: Interaction, spring 1996 
Full text available online.

Convention on the Rights of the Child
SOURCE: United Nations, Secretariat Centre for Human Rights, 1989 
Full text available online.

LINKS TO ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children 
The mandate of the Coalition is to ensure a collective voice for Canadian organizations and youth concerned with the rights of children as described in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the World Summit for Children Declaration. 

Centre for Europe's Children 
A co-operation between the Council of Europe and UNICEF, the Centre includes documents on children's rights, reports from the Council of Europe, and children's rights web sites. 

Child Rights Information Network 
CRIN is a global network of child rights organizations providing information on the rights of children.  

The Children's Rights Centre 
The Centre studies the position of children in society, emphasizing in its approach that children are entitled to acceptance and respect as individuals for the way they are. 

Special session on children 
Senator Landon Pearson's Office.

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This list in not intended to be an exhaustive examination of this topic; for a more comprehensive list, search the Childcare Resource and Research Unit resource library catalogue Childcare Information Resource Collection (CIRC).