Resource on child rights

You may find some useful resources below:

1.The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is a comprehensive, internationally binding agreement on the rights of children, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989. It incorporates children's:
- Civil and political rights
- Social, economic and cultural rights
- Protection rights
A child is defined in the UNCRC as a person under the age of 18 years. click and download here

2. Save the Children's position on children and work

The document of "Save the Children's position on children and  work",  it is regarded as a framework for Save the Children programmes which address the issue of children and work from a year-long consultation with Save the Children staff and working boys and girls. click and download here

3. A Strategy for child rights and corporate responsibility

Rädda Barnen (Save the Children Sweden) has developed a strategy and working model for child rights and corporate responsibility to further strenghthen child rights. click and download here

4. Guide to human rights impact assessment and management

IFC and the International Business Leader's Forum (IBLF), in close collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), developed the Guide to Human Rights Impact Assessment and Management (HRIA) is considered as an important part of a company's due diligence to understand how their activities may affect human rights.

This is only a draft version published in June 2007 that allows companies from different sectors to test it in practice. A revised version of the guide will be published by early 2010. click and download here

5. European Commission: the staff working document - combating child labour

This staff working document from the European Commission presents the subject of "Combating Child Labour" , which is to identify and assess current efforts to combat child labour in general and eliminate the worst forms of child labour in particular. 

The paper takes place in a dialogue format, and discuss about alleviation measures could benefit to fight against child labour, and particular corporate social responsibility is framed as a human rights issue that enterprise of all size, in cooperation with their stakeholders, can help to reconcile economic, social and environmental ambitions. click and download here

6. A Review of the Available Literature Covering Child Labor in China

This paper purports to provide a tentative description of the situation of child labor in China through a review of available literature covering the topic of child labor, including news coverage, academic articles and online analytic essays.

The author, Dr. Lu De Ping from the Academy of Youth Development, China Youth University for Public Science has compiled the situation of child labor in China based on available and accessible data.

The paper is financed by CCRCSR and gives appropriate advice to the corporate sector on how to protect the rights of the child and assume social responsibility regarding child labor in order to adhere to laws and international instruments. click and download here

7. Hands, minds and hearts: An examination of the relationship between child poverty, child rights and inequality

This study explores current literature and ideas concerning child poverty, inequality and child rights, published by Save the Children Sweden.

It provides an examination of how Save the Children Sweden can use a rights-based approach to address child poverty based on the premise that there is an organic link between child poverty and the failure to realise children’s rights.

A child rights based approach can therefore be an ethical and effective tool for reducing child poverty which exposes the inequalities and structures which sustain discrimination, social inequity and injustice. click and download here

 8. Child-rights and Corporate Social Responsibility in China -  An Introduction
 
This paper gives an introduction to child-rights and corporate social responsibility in China, as it relates to the work of the Centre for Child-Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility (CCRCSR). It provides an overview of child-rights at the international level and in China, as well as the CSR standards that are relevant to actors in China.

Corporate Social Responsibility is a concept that revolves around the integration of social and environmental concerns in a company’s business operations. The rights of a child can be affected, both positively and negatively, in any part of the business process. The responsibility of companies towards children has its basis in legal obligations. However, going beyond the traditional approach of fundraising and charities, more far reaching commitments regarding child-rights is becoming an important part of companies's CSR strategies, also in China.

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