BREAKING NEWS: A milestone reach on Childrens Rights....Some great news to share from our partners at the Childrens Rights Alliance.... We writing to let you know that the Cabinet today gave their approval for Ireland to sign and ratify the Third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is a major milestone for children’s rights in Ireland. This new procedure will enable children and their representatives to complain to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child when their rights have been breached. We commend the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly, and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, for being extremely proactive in ensuring that children’s rights are protected at the highest level. Now children will have somewhere else to turn when our national bodies and courts cannot help them. Ireland is one of the first countries in the world to sign and ratify the Third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. States that have already ratified this Protocol include: Albania, Belgium, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Gabon, Germany, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Thailand. Ireland’s decision to sign and ratify this Protocol will encourage other countries to follow ensuring that vulnerable children are protected in countries with poor human rights regimes. The Children’s Rights Alliance has campaigned for Ireland to sign and ratify this important procedure since 2012. We are delighted! This is good news for children and young people everywhere. We would like to thank our members and friends in civil society and Government for their continued support in getting this important Protocol over the line.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:51:46 +0000
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