UN General Assembly recognizes the inextricable link between the Rights of the Child and the 2030 Agenda in a newly adopted resolution

On 18 November 2021, the UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child was adopted by consensus by the Third committee(link is external) of the General Assembly. The EU facilitated this resolution, in co-operation with the penholder, the Group of Latin America and Caribbean countries (GRULAC), with a focus on the rights of the child and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Accelerating the SDGs, and addressing new challenges

The resolution focuses on the inextricable link between the 2030 Agenda and the Right of the Child in accordance with this year’s UN Secretary-General’s report on the Status of the Convention. Beyond the sustainable development goals (SDGs) dedicated to children explicitly, all SDGs have an impact on child rights; and the promotion and fulfillment of the rights of the child is a fundamental and necessary step for the attainment of all SDGs.

Two pressing challenges were widely addressed in this resolution: digital and the environment issues. Both present risks – including cyberbullying – and opportunities, such as boosting digital skills and education, and bridging the digital divide. Both also demand that children be at the centre of our strategies.

The Karnal police have arrested a doctor couple of Meerut who were allegedly evading arrest in connection with their alleged involvement in the illegal adoption of a child of a migrant woman labourer.

A case under Sections 363, 368, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 80

and 81 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 was filed against Dr DP Shrivastav and his wife, Dr Sashibala, a gynaecologist, on June 15.

Now, they have been arrested by the police and sent to judicial custody.

In February, Jyoti, the mother of the child and a resident of Kunjpura, had alleged that the doctor couple had taken her four-day-old son in their care on pretext of treatment on September 18, 2020.

There are still an estimated 40,000 children in 830 children’s homes across Kenya

In Summary

• Placement of the child is normally arranged through the government or a social service agency.

• As a result, Kenyans are focusing on is putting children in children homes, as it appears to be the preferred option

All children deserve and have the right to grow up in loving and secure families.

The Karnal police have arrested a Meerut-based doctor couple for their alleged involvement in the illegal adoption of the son of a migrant woman labourer.

Accused Dr DP Shrivastav and his gynaecologist wife Dr Sashibala were allegedly evading arrest since they were booked by the police on June 15 under Sections 363, 368, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 80 and 81 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 after an investigation by the women protection officer-cum-child marriage prohibition officer Rajni Gupta.

Police had already arrested a Meerut-based couple who had adopted the boy illegally in September last year. Police had recovered the child from their Chandigarh-based relatives.

As per complaint filed by the victim’s mother Jyoti at Karnal’s Kunjpura police station on February 2, last year, on September 18 the Meerut-based doctor couple had taken her four-day-old son on pretext of providing treatment.

In her complaint Jyoti had alleged that a few months before birth of the child, she had come in contact with the doctor couple. Four days after birth of the baby at Karnal’s KCGMCH, Dr Shrivastav told her that the baby is facing respiratory problems and they will provide him better treatment at their hospital in Meerut, free of cost.

Mediator : trois ans de prison avec sursis requis contre une ex-sénatrice accusée d’avoir modifié un rapport parlementaire

Mediator

Le parquet a requis trois ans de prison avec sursis contre l’ancienne sénatrice Marie-Thérèse Hermange accusée d'avoir modifié un rapport sur le Mediator pour minimiser la responsabilité du groupe pharmaceutique.

LE 18 SEP 2020

Guillaume JacquotPar Guillaume Jacquot

Le professeur Griscelli se défend d’avoir voulu réduire l’impact négatif du Mediator

Il est soupçonné d’avoir tenté d’influencer la rédaction d’un rapport d’information sénatorial sur le médicament alors qu’il était depuis plus de dix ans un consultant rémunéré par le laboratoire.

Par Simon Piel

Publié le 16 septembre 2020 à 00h42 - Mis à jour le 16 septembre 2020 à 08h31

Temps deLecture 3 min.

Gera ter Meulen, Knowledge Bureau ter Meulen, for Foster Care and Adoption

In the current discussion about intercountry adoption, reference is often made to the principle of subsidiarity. But I come across several publications that show that this may be more complicated than you might think. Like this article with an overview of 9 Asian countries by researchers from Japan and Malaysia.

Subsidiarity

One of the important points of view in the Hague Adoption Convention is the principle of subsidiarity: If a child cannot live with his or her parents, then preferably care in their own network, otherwise domestic adoption. Intercountry adoption is only a last resort if there is no good reception in one's own country. But is good reception always possible in your own country?

UN Guidelines for Alternative Care for Children

UN Guidelines for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children

The draft guidelines are now available in four languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Arabic

The projected international guidelines seek to ensure that, on the one hand, children do not find themselves in out-of-home care unnecessarily and, on the other, out-of-home care provided is of a type and quality that corresponds to the rights and specific needs of the child concerned. They are designed to promote, facilitate and guide the progressive implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in this particular area of concern. The non-binding Guidelines, ultimately for adoption by the United Nations General Assembly, address not only governments but also international bodies and organisations, civil society, professionals, voluntary organisations and the private sector to the extent that they are directly or indirectly involved with organising, providing or monitoring out-of-home care for children.

A first draft of the guidelines was developed by NGOs in a working group on children without parental care, convened by International Social Service when the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child recommended the development of international standards in this sphere following the Day of General Discussion in September 2005. UNICEF has also been closely involved in the drafting process, and the Better Care Network's advisory group reviewed and commented on the guidelines. Young people have also been included in the consultations, providing valuable insight into matters that affect them.

In May, 2006, the draft guidelines were submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Committee reviewed and strengthened the guidelines in preparation for informal technical review by UN member states.

USAID's Displaced Children and Orphans Fund supports programs that photo of Angolan mother carrying child. USAID/Lloyd Feinberghelp families and communities provide the necessary care, protection, and support for children in need:

Children affected by armed conflict

Street children

Children with disabilities

Children otherwise separated from appropriate care-giving situations

Background

Over 60 million children have lost one or both parents throughout the world due to different causes. The HIV/AIDS pandemic is adding significantly to this number.

We know that children need and have a right to be cared for by their parents and to grow up in a family environment as much as possible. This has been recognized through years of experience and research as well as formally recognized under national and international laws. In many countries, however, few or no mechanisms exist to ensure the most appropriate placements, encourage and support guardianship and adoption arrangements, and provide support and monitoring for foster families. Much needs to be done to prevent separation by supporting families and to develop better care alternatives when separation is inevitable.

Formation of the Better Care Network

Recognizing the urgent need for concerted action, UNICEF, the Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) and the Africa Bureau for Sustainable Development of USAID, and Save the Children UK, came together to form the Better Care Network (BCN) in 2003. This decision was influenced by the Stockholm Conference on Residential Care in May 2003 and the position paper presented there by the Save the Children Alliance, "A Last Resort: The Growing Concern About Children in Residential Care," and by workshops on better care issues in Africa and the United States. During its first two years, BCN existed as a loose affiliation of organizations exchanging information through a growing listserve. As the listserve grew, and more information was shared via the network, the organizations mentioned above, together with CARE and the Hope for African Children Initiative (HACI), agreed that BCN served a vital role, and should expand its scope through the creation of a formal secretariat to support its work. Each organization agreed to contribute resources to strengthen BCN and to serve on its steering committee. In August 2005, BCN's secretariat was established. The secretariat is based at UNICEF headquarters and operates with the guidance and direction of the steering committee. In 2007, two more steering committee members joind BCN: Bernard van leer Foundation; and Firelight Foundation.