Tag: rights of the child

Sunday Smack

Happy Sunday, people! How is everybody doing this weekend? Sorry I haven’t updated at all this last week. I am now trying a regular schedule for blogging, so this wouldn’t happen too often. This past week was not so eventful in world news though, except for the Olimpics of course, which is most definitely a world event.  These are the posts I have to share with you for now. CRC Concluding Observation on the Holy See Well it’s quite obvious what the observations of the UN Committee of the Rights of the Child is about when it comes to the…

Continue Reading Sunday Smack

Universal Children’s Day, 20 November

un-library: In 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all member states institute a Universal Children’s Day to promote the welfare of all children and advocate for understanding and solidarity between all children. 20 November marks the anniversary of the adoption of the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child and 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child. Further Resources UNICEF’s annual State of the World’s Children report UNICEF’s Voices of Youth platform for young activitists United Nations CyberSchoolbus for teaching and learning Above image is credited to Sophia Paris and was retrieved from unmultimedia.org/photo

Continue Reading Universal Children’s Day, 20 November