UN Human Rights Council
16th session
Palais des Nations, Geneva
Meetings attended 8th - 11th March 2011:
Tuesday 8th
Clustered Interactive Dialogue with Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, and Najat M'Jid, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
Wednesday 9th
Annual full day meeting on the rights of the child
Rights of the child: Holistic approach for the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street
Side event organised by the Permanent Mission of the federal Republic of Germany and Plan International:
Listen to us - we have rights, too!
The Rights of Children working and/or living on the street have to be respected, protected and fulfilled.
Thursday 10th
Side event organised by the Permanent Mission of Finland in collaboration with Save the Children, Terre des Hommes, Consortium for Street Children, World Vision, Plan, Defence for Children International and the BICE:
Children on the move in street situations: Challenges and promising practices of protecting and supporting children living and/or working on the street in the context of migration and other forms of movement.
Side event organised by the Permanent Mission of Brazil and the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice in collaboration with DCI and OMCT:
Street Children and Juvenile Justice: When street children are confronted to juvenile justice: Arising awareness. Enhancing protection.
(Savina Geerinckx, our Director of Overseas Programmes, was a panellist)
Friday 11th
Side event organised by OCAPROCE International:
Round Table and Interactive Dialogue Program: Women and children's rights violence in conflict situation: Kashmir, Somalia, DR Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Libya etc.
Side event organised by The Association Comunita Papa Giovanni XXIII and the International Catholic Child Bureau with the co-sponsorship of the Permanent Missions of Italy, Zambia, Uruguay, and the Holy See:
Restoring the dignity of children living and/or working on the street.
