Handling information for children's rightsThe importance of accessing relevant information and the necessity of an efficient system for handling it was recognized as a crucial component of its activities by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the treaty body responsible for monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, since its first meeting in 1991.In this spirit, UNICEF IRC has developed and published, since many years, internationally agreed information-handling tools that can strengthen access to data and effective information exchange. |
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Preparatory Meeting for the World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents
Thematic Expert Consultations, Florence, Convitto della Calza, 21-23 April 2008
Expert meeting on children and transitional justice
A two-day consultation sharing knowledge, experiences, good practices and lessons learned
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In Focus
RESEARCH
New release of TransMONEE database
20 May 2008The 2008 version of TransMONEE database is now available for immediate download. TransMONEE contains information on social and economic issues relevant to the well-being of children and young people in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The data are updated annually through an ongoing collaboration between the National Statistical Offices in the CEE/CIS countries, the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and the UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS.
See TransMONEE 2008 for additional details
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Children's Perspectives on Economic Adversity: A Review of the Literature
April 2008This paper, authored by Gerry Redmond, reviews some of the recent qualitative literature on children's perspectives on economic disadvantage.
Innocenti Discussion Paper
Law Reform and Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Under embargoThe study reviews the legislation concerning the rights of children adopted by 52 States parties since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Provisional launch date: Mid 2008
