United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Articles 28 and 29 - Provisions of Education and Aims of Education. The General Comment (Interpretation/Implementation Guide) for Article 29.
Children's Rights Information Network (CRIN) - A global network that disseminates information about the Convention on the Rights of the Child and child rights amongst non-governmental organizations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), educational institutions, and other child rights experts.
NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child - Resources for NGOs. (Spanish and French versions available on the site).
Proceedings for the 2nd International Conference on Children’s Rights in Education
The International Children's Institute - A humanitarian organization established in 1992 to work with communities to develop psychosocial and psychoeducational programs to support children's well-being.
Child Soldiers - Coalition to stop the use of child soldiers.
International Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD) - A Canadian leader in community-based, national, regional and international applications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Defense for Children International - Defense for Children International (DCI) is an independent non-governmental organization set up during the International Year of the Child (1979) to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child.
Children's Defense Fund - The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
Education International - also in French and Spanish.
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Childwatch International Network - A nonprofit, non-governmental network of institutions involved in research for children, aiming to initiate and coordinate research and information projects on children's living conditions and the implementation on children's rights as expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Amnesty International - Protecting human rights worldwide and reporting violations. Also available in: French Spanish Arabic
Human Rights Watch - A comprehensive human rights site. Monitors human rights violations worldwide and publishes country reports and issue-specific reports based on investigations. Available in: Portuguese Spanish French Chinese Russian Arabic
Human Right Watch World Report 2003 Children's Rights - Human Rights Watch
Physicians for Human Rights - Mobilizes the health professions and enlists support from the general public to protect and promote the human rights of all people.
Doctors Without Borders - Medecins Sans Frontieres.
Children International - A non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children living in dire poverty.
OneWorld - Dedicated to harnessing the democratic potential of the internet to promote human rights and sustainable development. A wealth of information, reports and resources about children throughout the world.
Articles on corporal punishment: Swedish experience of efforts to prevent all forms of violence against children. “Spare the rod, embrace our humanity” - an article on corporal punishment from a socio-legal perspective by Susan Bitensky.
The Center for Effective Discipline - a non-profit organization which provides educational information to the public on the effects of corporal punishment of children and alternatives to its use.
Children and violence - A UNICEF report
UNICEF report (November, 2007): An overview of child well-being in rich countries.
Save the Children. Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating real and lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. It is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, comprising 27 national Save the Children organizations working in more than 100 countries to ensure the well-being of children.