DCI Submission to the UN Human Rights Council
. Children’s Rights in Juvenile Justice: Time to Bridge the Gap between Rights and Reality Joint written statement submitted by Defence for Children International (DCI), a non-governmental organisation in special consultative status and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT), a non-governmental organisation in special consultative status. Defence for Children International Laetitia van Haren, Executive Director […]
Presentation by Les Horne on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, January 17, 2009
Presentation to the 11th annual Health and Human Rights Conference, University of Toronto, January 17, 2009 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948. It is the foundation of all modern international human rights law. It enshrined a set of basic concepts and stated emphatically that “motherhood and childhood are entitled to special […]
Letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon expressing concern about the crisis in Zimbabwe
. . December 10, 2008 Hon. Lawrence Cannon Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Minister, We are writing on behalf of the children of Zimbabwe who are screaming for help. As you know, Zimbabwe’s economy is in crisis, there are extreme food shortages and the recent outbreak of cholera […]
DCI-Canada responds to proposed legislation to unify the youth justice system in Ontario
On December 1, 2008, DCI-Canada appeared before the Ontario Legislature, Standing Committee on Social Policy to comment on proposed legislation that will unify the youth justice system in Ontario. Bill 103, Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, 2008 was introduced in the Ontario Legislature on September 29, 2008. Our submission recommends six amendments […]
DCI-Canada responds to proposed changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act
TORONTO, March 3, 2008—DCI-Canada today released its position paper on Bill C-25, An Act to Amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Bill C-25 was introduced in the House of Commons on November 19, 2007 by the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Bill C-25 passed second reading on February 4, […]
