Innocenti Advisory Committee meeting 20087 July 2008The annual Innocenti Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting is taking place in Florence today at the presence of UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Saad Houry. This morning, before officially opening the IAC meeting, Saad Houry, together with Marta Santos Pais, Director of IRC, met with the President of the Tuscany Region, Claudio Martini, to discuss some specific issues related to the renewal of the Agreement between the Tuscany Region and IRC, including the translation into Italian of some strategic publication prepared by IRC, as well as the preparation of international events to promote the rights the child. |
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The Coordinator of the Central Organizing Committee of the Government of Brazil illustrated the preparatory process to the World Congress III
Carmen Silvia de Oliveira talked about the participation of adolescents at the World Congress III
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
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In Focus
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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
RESEARCH
Expert meeting on children and transitional justice
12-13 June 2008The world has witnessed a growing threat of armed conflicts and 'internal wars' over the past decade and a half. Children are among those most affected and, in many instances, have been targeted for killings, disappearances, underage recruitment, sexual violence, torture and other grave violations of their fundamental rights.
The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre has convened the meeting to establish a network of practitioners, academics, child rights advocates and legal experts to increase knowledge-sharing of experiences, good practices and lessons learned, and to promote the participation of children and adolescents in truth, justice and reconciliation processes in post-conflict situations.
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