Joining Hands Across the World for Indigenous Children : Summary document - Joining Hands Across the World for Indigenous Children : an International Indigenous Knowledge Symposium

This was one of the reasons that the CRC Committee devoted its annual Day of General Discussion in 2003 to the rights of Indigenous children, which resulted in a set of recommendations adopted by the Committee (see Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to the General Assembly. [...] The volunteers and the Chief of each district held community meetings to assess the needs of children and caregivers in a participatory manner and the Chiefs reported this information back to the Council. [...] She is currently a member of the NGO Working Group on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, a member of the United Nations Indigenous Sub-group for the CRC, a board member for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, and for the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of the Child. [...] Doek was involved in the establishment of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), the African Network for Prevention and Protection of Child Abuse and Neglect, and Defence for Children International. [...] ANNUAL WORK PLAN OF THE SUB-GROUP ON INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE 1. Mission Embedded in the distinct cultures and languages of Indigenous Peoples, the sub-group will work towards the recognition of, respect for, and implementation of the rights of Indigenous children and young people taking into account the specific role of their families and communities.