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Follow-up and Implementation: Mandates
YOUTH AND CHILDHOOD: Child Rights		MANDATES Afro Descendents Agriculture Agribusiness Food Security Rural Issues Sustainable Development Civil Society Cultural Diversity Cultural Preservation Development Social Cohesion Democracy Corruption Electoral Processes and Procedures Engagement in Democracy Good Governance Human Rights Political Parties Transparency Disaster Management Catastrophic Risk Insurance Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness Early Warning Systems Technological Cooperation Education Early Childhood Education Gender Perspective Information Technology Investment in Education Literacy Primary Education Secondary Education Teaching Profession Tertiary Education Elderly Persons Energy Clean Energy Energy Efficiency Energy Production and Consumption Improved Access to Energy Renewable Energy Environment Biodiversity Climate Change Environmental Management Environmental Protection Natural Resources Management Pollution Sustainable Development Water Resources Gender Issues Civic Participation Economic Opportunity Gender Discrimination Gender Equity Gender Statistics Prevention of Violence against Women Health Accessible Health Services Child Health Communicable Diseases Disease Prevention HIV/AIDS Non-Communicable Diseases Nutrition Human Rights Adherence to International Agreements Discrimination and Racism Persons with Disabilities Strengthening inter-American Systems Women and Indigenous Rights Indigenous Peoples Infrastructure/Transportation Air Transport Environmental Sustainability Hazardous Waste Transport Maritime Transport Physical Integration Transportation JSWG Justice and Rule of Law Corruption Extradition Enforcement Independence of the Judiciary Property Rights Social Protection Transparency Labor Child Labor Decent Work Employment Forced Labor Labor Discrimination Labor Standards and Legislation Migrant Labor Workers Organizations Migration Labor Laws/Rights Migrant Human Rights Remittances Trafficking in Persons OAS Public and Private Coop. Public Management Decentralization Electronic Government Transparency Security Alternative Development to Illicit Cultivation Antipersonnel Mines Crime Drug Problem Money Laundering Organized Crime Prevention of Violence Public Policies Terrorism Trafficking in Arms Social Development Poverty Reduction Social Protection and Inclusion Sustainable Development Summits Follow-up Sustainable Eco. Growth Aid for Development Corporate Social Responsibility Economic Integration Finance Reform/Crises Poverty Reduction Private Sector Growth Social Equity and Inclusion Technology Hemispheric Connectivity ICT Expansion and Access Research and Development Telecommunications Trade Economic Integration Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Trade Agreements Trade Liberalization Trade Transparency Youth and Childhood Child Protection Child Rights Right to Formal Education
We reiterate our commitment towards families and society to protect the rights of children and adolescents, including the right to education, the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and the entitlement to special care and assistance, in order to promote their social well-being, protection and integral development. (Declaration of Port of Spain, 2009). Consider, signing and ratifying, ratifying, or acceding to, as soon as possible and as the case may be, the two Optional Protocols to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, specifically on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, and the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography; seek to integrate fully their obligations pursuant to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and other international human rights instruments into national legislation, policy and practice (Plan of Action Québec, 2001). Integrate fully the human rights of children and adolescents into the work of hemispheric institutions, including the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the IACHR and the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IACI); (Plan of Action Québec, 2001). Recognizing that promoting the rights of children and their development, protection and participation is essential to ensure that they reach their full potential; further recognizing the effectiveness and the need for intervention centered on protection against discrimination, inequity, abuse, exploitation and violence, especially of the most vulnerable and taking into account a gender perspective; asserting the importance of the cooperation endorsed at the Tenth Summit of Ibero American Heads of States and Governments in Panama, as well as the significant opportunity for progress for children in 2001 in the context of the Inter American Year of the Child and the Adolescent and the goals adopted at the 1990 World Summit for Children; and recognizing the vital contribution of the Convention of the Rights of the Child in the promotion and protection of children's rights, and the work undertaken by the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IACI): (Plan of Action Québec, 2001) Implement and support the commitments contained in the Agenda for War-Affected Children agreed to by 132 states at the International Conference on War-Affected Children held in Winnipeg, Canada, in September 2000, including fostering the active participation of children and adolescents in policy, dialogue and programming for children and adolescents affected by armed conflict and also encouraging the establishment of a network for them; consider additional ways to monitor, report on and advocate the protection, rights and welfare of children affected by armed conflict in the Hemisphere in conjunction with the IACHR's Rapporteur for Children's Rights (Plan of Action Québec, 2001). Ensure that every child in conflict with the law is treated in a manner consistent with his/her best interests, in accordance with our obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; bear in mind the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice; and provide training opportunities, as appropriate, including gender sensitivity and human rights instruction, to those involved in the administration of justice (Plan of Action Québec, 2001). In order to protect and promote children's rights, develop and implement inter sectoral policies and programs, which may include the promotion of civil registration of all children, and allocate appropriate resources to undertake these tasks; establish and support cooperation amongst states as well as with civil society and young people to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of children's rights, including country appropriate indicators of the health, development, and well being of children, and through sharing best practices on reporting through national reports by States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child; (Plan of Action Québec, 2001). 2.7 Undertake all measures necessary to guarantee the rights of children, and, where they have not already done so, give serious consideration to ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. (Plan of Action Miami, 1994)
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