Innocenti Research Report Realizing an Enabling Environment for Adolescent Well-being: An inventory of laws and policies for adolescents in South Asia AUTHOR(S) Elena Camilletti Published: 2018 Innocenti Research Report This paper takes stock of legal and policy frameworks for adolescents in the eight countries of South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The eight countries display a rich diversity of cultural, historical, political, social and economic institutions, which is reflected in their national legal and policy frameworks for adolescents. This paper sheds light on the similarities and differences among South Asian countries regarding the translation of international human rights law into their national normative frameworks, and aims to provide a nuanced understanding of how ‘adolescent-sensitive’ their legal and policy frameworks are. The paper reviews the legal coverage across nine sets of rights: the right to political participation; the right to protection; the right to education; the right to health; the right to marriage; the right to decent work and protection from child labour; the right to social protection; digital rights; the right to equality and non-discrimination. It compares the legal and policy frameworks for adolescents of the eight South Asian countries against the requirements of the international standards signed and ratified by each country. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 69 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: children's rights, international law, international standards × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Elena Camilletti 2018 Realizing an Enabling Environment for Adolescent Well-being: An inventory of laws and policies for adolescents in South Asia. , pp. 69.
Innocenti Working Papers Les institutions independantes des droits de l'homme pour les enfants en Afrique francophone : la situation au Mali, au Burkina Faso et au Sénégal AUTHOR(S) Rébecca Steward; Vanessa Sedletzki Published: 2011 Innocenti Working Papers Tous les Etats francophones de l’Afrique de l’Ouest sont parties à la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant (CDE) ainsi qu’à la Charte africaine des droits et du bien-être de l’enfant (CADBE) et ont donc l’obligation de les mettre en œuvre, en particulier en suivant les indications des organes chargés du contrôle de leur application. Le Comité des droits de l’enfant a identifié les mesures générales essentielles à la mise en œuvre de la CDE. Parmi elles, figure l’établissement d’institutions indépendantes de défense des droits de l’enfant. Ces institutions ont généralement pour mandat de contrôler les activités de divers acteurs – publics et privés – au regard des droits des enfants, de promouvoir les droits des enfants en émettant des recommandations et en éduquant le public, et d’examiner des plaintes individuelles concernant des violations de ces droits. Le présent document fait l’état des avancées pour l’établissement d’institutions indépendantes de défense des droits de l’enfant à la lumière des standards internationaux et africains, en particulier au Burkina Faso, Mali et Sénégal. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 62 | Thematic area: Child Protection, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Governance, Rights of the Child | Tags: burkina faso, children's rights, convention on the rights of the child, governance, international standards, mali, senegal × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Rébecca Steward; Vanessa Sedletzki 2011 Les institutions independantes des droits de l'homme pour les enfants en Afrique francophone : la situation au Mali, au Burkina Faso et au Sénégal. , pp. 62.
Innocenti Publications UN Human Rights Standards and Mechanisms to Combat Violence Against Children: A contribution to the UN Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children Published: 2005 Innocenti Publications The purpose of this publication is to recall the human rights framework set out in international instruments adopted by the United Nations with relevance to the right of children to freedom from violence. It also reviews how treaty bodies established by human rights conventions to monitor progress in their implementation, as well as other UN human rights mechanisms, have addressed the protection of children from violence. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 46 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: child abuse and neglect, international standards, protection from abuse and neglect, right to care and protection, violence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2005 UN Human Rights Standards and Mechanisms to Combat Violence Against Children: A contribution to the UN Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children. , pp. 46.