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C A N A D I A N C O A L I T I O N F O R T H E R I G H T S O F C H I L D R E N PROTOCOL: Disaggregate data by populations. Finding: It is easy to list populations that should be reported on but often difficult to find any information to report. However, the protocol sets a standard. PROTOCOL: Identify trends. Finding: This protocol was particularly helpful when evaluating. PROTOCOL: Fully document and verify the research process. Finding: Information was fully sourced. All quotations were verified. Every effort was made to find current data and pre-1991 information was only presented in exceptional circumstances, such as precedent-setting case law. For every publication cited in the bibliography, a search was conducted for a translated version (French or English) and existing translations were used. Human Resources • Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of the Child is an extremely complex task requiring skilled researchers and a network of experts and reviewers. Monitoring should be conducted through a permanent monitoring mechanism and not on a short-term project basis. * “Children” has been used throughout to refer to people under 18 years of age. 126 • A national working forum of 75 experts launched this monitoring project. This forum was instrumental in finalizing the protocols of the permanent monitoring mechanism and in reviewing the first draft of key questions. • The time required for research, review, revision, summarizing, evaluating and building consensus was consistently underestimated. While an impressive number of experts and organizations participated in the project (see addendum), the consultation process needed more structure and realistic time frames. With a permanent monitoring mechanism, a sustainable national research structure could be developed to provide ongoing support and advice. • Evaluation task groups were limited to five members, including at least one child. In hindsight, criteria for task group membership should have ensured a mix of advocates, researchers and policy makers. • Children* participated throughout the monitoring project. They reviewed the key questions, helped develop research questionnaires, selected material for the children’s workshop kit, participated in the national working forum, reviewed research papers and were members of evaluation working groups. Many organizations were enlisted to collect children’s “voices” with regard to the six research areas. Unfortunately, no submissions were received from younger children and the project did not have the resources to pursue this further. If a permanent monitoring mechanism was in place, processes could be structured to better ensure the participation of children of various ages and in all research areas.
H O W D O E S C A N A D A M E A S U R E U P ? Appendix A Update on the UN Committee’s Concluding Observations, May 1995 This report summarizes the concluding observations made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in response to Canada’s first report on measures taken to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The committee noted positive factors as well as areas of concern and made recommendations to Canada for addressing the concerns. The following update notes changes in Canadian policies and programs since Canada’s last report that are relevant to the concluding observations. This summary is not the result of a comprehensive, systematic monitoring exercise but reflects relevant information that came to the Coalition’s attention in the course of consulting with governments and nongovernmental organizations for the overall monitoring initiative. Positive Factors Cited by the Committee Positive Factor • Canada’s past contributions in drafting the UNCRC and co-chairing the 1990 World Summit for Children Positive Factor • general strengthening of human rights through the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and legislative measures in the fields of children’s rights Positive Factor • National Crime Prevention Council for the implementation of juvenile justice provisions Update • After three years, the Council was deemed to have fulfilled its mandate of developing community-based crime prevention strategies and was disbanded in 1997. It has been followed by Phase II of the government’s $32-million per year National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention, which includes the creation of the National Crime Prevention Centre within Justice Canada to administer the national strategy. 1 Positive Factor • Family Support Enforcement Fund for child support payment enforcement Update • The federal government has continued to strengthen enforcement measures to ensure that child support obligations are met. 2 127
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