Links to Websites
Children Related Sites
International Non-governmental Organizations (NGO)
AI - Children’s Rights Network Amnesty International USA Children’s Human Rights Home.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/children
Child Rights Information Network Global network that disseminates information about the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Childnet International Charity committed to helping to make the Internet a great and safe place for children.
ECPAT International Organizations and individuals working together for the elimination of child prostitution, child pornography and trafficking of children for sexual purposes.
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/index.asp
HRW - Children's Rights Human Rights HRW division that monitors human rights abuses against children around the world and campaigns to end them.
Save the Children International children’s charity working to create a better future for children.
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk/jsp/index.jsp?flash=upgraderequired
Intergovernmental Organizations (IGO)
ILO - International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour International Labour Organization program that works towards the elimination of child labour.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/index.htm
OAS - Inter-American Children's Institute Specialized Organization of the Organization of the American States.
UNICEF Homepage of the United Nations Children's Fund.
UNHCHR - Committee on the Rights of the Child - Body that reviews progress of States Parties in implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc
UNHCHR - Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography Entered into force on 18 January 2002.
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/treaties/opsc.htm
United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Children Revised and updated guide to the Convention that was adopted as an international human rights treaty on 20 November 1989.
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/treaties/opac.htm
Children Sites in Latin America
Defensa de los Niños Internacional (Costa Rica) Movement against child labour and the sexual exploitation of children (Spanish).
Felices Los Niños Foundation Argentina-based organization that aids children living on the street and adolescent mothers.
http://www.feliceslosninos.org/en/nosotros/bienvenida.html
Fundación Paniamor (Costa Rica) Foundation that works to attain compliance of the rights of people under the age of 18 in Costa Rica.
Fundación RENACER Colombia-based group against sexual exploitation of children.
http://www.fundacionrenacer.org
Patronato Nacional de la Infancia (Costa Rica) Costa Rican children’s welfare service (Spanish).
http://www.costaricaenlucha.com/index.html
Red Viva de América Latina Oxford based Christian organization seeking to help children at risk.
ChicosPerdidos Argentina organization that works to provide an instrument of diffusion to help solving the alarming problematic of child theft, traffic and disappearance.
http://www.chicosperdidos.org.ar
Specific Children’s Rights Issues
ASI - Child Labour Anti-Slavery International's site dedicated to the combat against child labour.
http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/antislavery/childlabour.htm
UNICEF - Voices of Youth Site exploring child labour.
http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/lab/labexp.html
The Society for the Prevention of Solvent and Volatile Substance Abuse Website of Re-Solv, the national charity solely dedicated to the prevention of solvent and volatile substance abuse (VSA).
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Coalition working to prevent the recruitment and use of children as soldiers, to secure their demobilisation and to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration into society.
http://www.child-soldiers.org/cs/childsoldiers.nsf/0/c32f56b666549c8380256ae5003958ef?OpenDocument
Children and Armed Conflict Unit Provides accessible information on armed conflicts and children, relevant international standards and norms as well as good practices relating to children.
http://www.essex.ac.uk/armedcon
War affected Children Government of Canada site that provides information, on the events leading up to and including the International Conference on War-affected Children.
http://www.waraffectedchildren.gc.ca
International Adoption and Child Abduction US Department of State, Office of Children's Issues.
http://travel.state.gov/children's_issues.html
PANGAEA Street Children Worldwide Resource Library about street children.
http://www.pangaea.org/street_children/kids.htm
Human Rights
Centro para la Justicia del Derecho Internacional (CEJIL) NGO aiming to achieve the full implementation of international human rights norms in the member States of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Human Rights Resources on the Internet Database with information on human rights (Spanish).
Michigan State University Global Access Search their database specifically for materials on human rights.
http://www.msuglobalaccess.net/theme/humanrights
Libertad Latina Dedicated to ending the Sexual Oppression of Latina & Indigenous Women & Children in the Americas.
Others
Forced Migration Review The leading practitioner journal on refugee studies.
Pan American Health Organization International public health agency with 100 years of experience working to improve health and living standards of the people of the Americas.
Suzanne Vega's Web site World renowned pop singer and child advocate Suzanne Vega’s website.
The Communication Initiative A partnership of development organisations seeking to support advances in the effectiveness and scale of communication interventions for positive international development.
TimeProject A global telecommunications project for secondary schools, seeking effective and innovative ways to enable young people to communicate and co-operate with each other on current world issues.
War on Want Fighting for a World without poverty.