Further details:
The mission of the Center for the Human Rights of Children is to represent, coordinate, and stimulate efforts to understand, protect and apply the human rights of children in the face of injustice and poverty of body, mind, and spirit.
Operational level: International
Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18
Organisation type: Academic institution
Organisation mandate: Provide training or education on child rights, Research child rights, Work directly with children, Work in partnership with organisations, Work with media and press
Areas of expertise: Armed conflict, Child participation, Children living with HIV/AIDS, Children with disabilities, Children working and living on the street, Economic rights, Education and cultural rights, Emergency relief, Environment and habitat, Family and alternative care, Gender and girls, Health and welfare, Implementation, Justice, Minority or indigenous children, Refugee and unaccompanied children, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC, Sexual exploitation and abuse, Violence
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- African American Juvenile Justice Project
- Another Look
- Antarctica University
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Association for Childhood Education International
- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Better Care Network
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- CARE USA
- Casa Alianza - Covenant House Latin America
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- Center for Defence Information
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- Center for Law and Global Justice USF School of Law
- Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
- Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association
- Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii, Manoa
- Centre for Media Education
- Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)
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- Chadwick Center for Children and Families
- Child Centered Millennium Project
- Child Fund International
- Child Rights Caucus for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
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- Child Welfare League of America
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- Children's Welfare International
- Children, Youth and Environments Center
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- Christian Children's Fund - USA
- Civitas Child Law Center, School of Law, Loyola University Chicago
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- Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism
- Community Information and Epidemiological Technology (CIET)
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- Council for Professional Recognition
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- Disability Rights International
- Doctors Opposing Circumcision
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- Environment and Health Caucus for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children 2001
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- Espoir Inc
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- Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
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- Friends of Education for African Children Orphaned by AIDS
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- Global Action Network
- Global Fund for Children
- Global Youth Connect
- GoodWeave USA
- GVN Foundation
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- Highland School
- Human Rights Advocates Natural Heritage Institute
- Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities
- Human Rights Educational Initiative
- Human Rights in China
- Human Rights Watch
- Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division
- Injustice Studies
- Institute for Families in Society
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- Institute of Human Rights, Emory University
- Institute on Family and Neighbourhood Life
- Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
- Inter-American Commission of Women
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Inter-American Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
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- International Center for Transitional Justice
- International Child Art Foundation
- International Coalition for Genital Integrity
- International Families
- International Foundation for Children's Education
- International League for Human Rights
- International NGO Council on Violence Against Children
- International NGO Task Group on Legal and Institutional Matters
- International Organization for Adolescents
- International Rescue Committee - USA
- International Social Services - USA
- International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Jubilee Campaign - USA
- Juvenile Law Center
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- King County Kids' Court/Office of the King County Prosecuting Attorney
- La Leche League International
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- Madre, Inc.
- Medical Mission Sisters
- Middle East Children's Alliance
- Modern Discussion
- National Center for Refuge & Immigrant Children, a Program of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
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- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
- National Committee for the Rights of the Child USA
- National Council of Churches of Christ USA
- National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence
- National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
- National Education Association
- National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)
- National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States
- Natural Heritage Institute
- New School University
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- NGO Working Group on Girls
- Nukanti Foundation for Children
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- Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
- One Child International Inc. (www.1child.net)
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- Peaceways- Young General Assembly Secretariat
- Pegasus Legal Services For Children
- Perhaps...Kids Meeting Kids
- Prison Fellowship International
- Program on Forced Migration and Health, Columbia University
- Progressive Initiative for Cameroon
- Project Grads for Teen Mothers
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- Rehabilitation International
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- Save the Children USA
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- Sports for Hunger/Hunger Resource Centre
- Stop Spanking
- Student Campaign for Child Survival
- Task Force on Children's Nutritional Rights
- Temple of Understanding
- The Advocates for Human Rights (formerly Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights)
- The Applied Research Center
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- Try-Again Homes, Inc.
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- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - New York
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- UNICEF
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- UNICEF - Nicaragua
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF Library
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- United Nations - Division for the Advancement of Women
- United Nations Population Fund
- United States Fund for UNICEF
- University of Colorado - Children, Youth and Environments
- University of Iowa - Center for Human Rights
- US Campaign to Ban Landmines
- US Coalition for Child Survival
- Voice of America News (VOA)
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- Wellspring Advisors LLC
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- Women's Refugee Commission
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- World Bank Group
- World Bank Group - Global Child Labour Programme
- World Coalition for Indigenous Children and Youth
- World Organisation for Early Childhood Education - USA
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- ACTION DES CHRETIENS POUR L'ABOLITION DE LA TORTURE -NORD KIVU
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- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
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- UNICEF - Bhutan
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- UNICEF - Ethiopia
- UNICEF - Georgia
- UNICEF - India
- UNICEF - Malaysia
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Last updated 01/11/2009 08:37:47
CRIN does not accredit or validate any of the organisations listed in our directory. The views and activities of the listed organisations do not necessarily reflect the views or activities of CRIN's coordination team.
