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Posted By:  elliemunro
Posted On:  Jun 25, 2008

  Reporting to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
“The key to understanding the Children's Rights Convention is to know, accept and internalise that a child is an independent human being, with subjective rights, and with the same entitlement to dignity and respect to personal integrity.” This is a quote from Professor Lucy Smith, one of the...... [view]
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  Rights of Children and Youth in Care: Connection to family and culture workshop manual
Submitted By:   scyofbc
Author Name:  Society for Children and Youth of BC | www.scyofbc.org
Published:  0000-00-00
Website:  http://everychild.ca/uploads/3Y/yp/3YypDvB467FAUHBfbEzMRw/SCY_IFCO-Rights-of-Children-and-Youth-in-Care.pdf
  Description:   There are about 9,200 children and youth living in government care in British Columbia and about 60,000 children and youth in care in Canada. The experiences of each of these children living in care will be as diverse as the children themselves, yet we know that there are some prevailing similarities about how children and youth in care will connect with their family and culture. We know that youth connect with their siblings more frequently than any other family member with whom they now have contact after ageing out of care. We know children and youth tend to identify their birth family as their primary object of attachment, despite the birth family being identified least often to whom the youth turn when they are sick or who they talk to about their feelings. Research also tells us that youth who have lived in many foster homes do not feel part of any family. The potential consequences of youth not feeling connected to their family and culture are damaging. They are more likely to be incarcerated, experience homelessness, have “behavioural difficulties”, and are more likely to engage in unhealthy relationships. Foster parents are uniquely positioned to help young people in care build healthy relationships. The role of foster parents is to look after the best interests of the children and youth in their care and to uphold their rights—this desire to care and protect young people is the reason most foster parents choose to take on this role. This workshop manual explores how we can effectively care for young people who are in government care, truly listen to the voices of children and youth, and uphold their right to connect to family and culture. (Research from Jones and Kruk. “Life in Government Care: The Connection of Youth to Family”, 2005) www.scyofbc.org | www.everychild.ca
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  United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Submitted By:   project-made
Author Name:  United Nations
Published:  2002-11-20
Website:  http://www.unicef.org/knowyourrights/convention_pictures.html
  Description:   The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most ratified document in the UN's history. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, often referred to as CRC or UNCRC, is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. Nations that ratify this international convention are bound by it by international law. Compliance is monitored by the United Nations' Committee on the Rights of the Child which is composed of members from countries around the world. Once a year, the Committee submits a report to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, which also hears a statement from the CRC Chair, and the Assembly adopts a Resolution on the Rights of the Child.[1] Governments of countries that have ratified the Convention are required to report to, and appear before, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child periodically to be examined on their progress with regards to the advancement of the implementation of the Convention and the status of child rights in their country. Their reports and the committee's written views and concerns are available on the committee's website. All member nation states (countries) of the United Nations, except the United States and Somalia,[2] have ratified it. The United Nations General Assembly agreed to adopt the Convention into international law as an advisory resolution on November 20, 1989; it came into force on September 2, 1990, after it was ratified by the required number of nations. The Convention generally defines a child as any person under the age of 18, unless an earlier age of majority is recognized by a country's law.
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