Organisation aims and activities: The NGO Group for the Convention on the
Rights of the Child (NGO Group) is a coalition
of international NGOs which work together to
facilitate the implementation of the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
It was originally formed in 1983 as the
Informal Ad Hoc NGO Group for the Drafting of
the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Operational level: International
Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18
Organisation type: NGO network or group
Organisation mandate: Lobby governments and the United Nations
Areas of expertise: Armed conflict, Children and the media, Economic rights, Education and cultural rights, Gender and girls, Health and welfare, Implementation, Justice, Minority or indigenous children, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC, Sexual exploitation and abuse, Violence
Other organisations based in Switzerland:
- 3D -- Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy
- Advocate Voices for Orphans
- Arigatou International
- Association François-Xavier Bagnoud
- Bahá'í International Community
- Bureau International Catholique De L'enfance
- Burma Peace Foundation
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- CO-OPERAID
- Comité Suisse pour l'UNICEF
- Commission on Human Rights - News Coverage
- CONGO - Conference Of Non-Governmental Organizations
- Defence for Children International
- Defense des Enfants International - Section Suisse
- Development, Innovations and Network
- ECLT Foundation
- ECPAT- Switzerland / Kinderschutz Schweiz
- Edmund Rice International
- European Association for Children in Hospital
- Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children
- Fondation du Présent
- Friends World Committee for Consultation, Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Human Rights Council Secretariat
- Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International
- Human Rights Tribune
- Humanity without Frontiers
- InfoSud
- Institut International Des Droits De L'Enfant
- Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch, Switzerland
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee
- International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates
- International Bureau of Education
- International Campaign to Ban Landmines
- International Catholic Child Bureau - Switzerland
- International Council Of Women - Switzerland
- International Disability Alliance
- International Federation of Educative Communities - Switzerland
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Federation of Social Workers
- International Federation of University Women
- International Federation Terre des Hommes - International Secretariat
- International Institute for the Rights Of The Child
- International Labour Organization
- International Movement
- International Network on Juvenile Justice
- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
- International Service for Human Rights
- International Social Service International Secretariat
- Internationaler Sozialdienst SSI
- Istituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice
- Jesuit Refugee Service
- Maasai Aid Association
- Netzwerk Kinderrechte Schweiz - Réseau suisse des droits de l'enfant
- Office for International Affairs and Human Rights Lutheran World Federation
- Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture
- Pestalozzi Children's Foundation
- Quakers United Nations Office
- Save the Children Switzerland
- Soroptomist International
- Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
- Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
- Subgroup on Children in Armed Conflict and Displacement
- Subgroup on Education and Media
- Subgroup on the Sexual Exploitation of Children
- Terre des hommes - child relief
- Tibet Bureau
- TRIAL (Swiss Association Against Impunity)
- UN Commission on Human Rights
- UN Human Rights Council
- UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- UN OHCHR - Committee against Torture
- UN OHCHR - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of the Child
- UN OHCHR - Human Rights Committee
- UN OHCHR- Committee on Migrant Workers
- UN Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children - Secretariat
- UNAIDS
- UNHCR Library and Visitors' Centre
- UNICEF Geneva Regional Office
- United Nations High Commission for Refugees
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Verein Kinderanwaltschaft Schweiz
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- Working Group for the Human Rights Council - NGO Group
- World Council of Churches
- World Health Organisation
- World Organisation of the Scout Movement
- World Vision International - International Liaison Office
Organisations working in similar fields:
- African Child Association
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- AKSHAYA Rehabilitation Trust
- Amnesty International Children's Human Rights Network
- Anita Home
- Artists United 4 Childrewn and Youth Development (AUCAYD)
- Associação Brasileira de Magistrados, Promotores de Justiça e Defensores Públicos da Infância e Juventude
- Association Défis - Jeunes pour le Développement
- Association for the Promotion and Progress of Children in Khenchela
- Association pour l'Encadrement des Orphelins et l'Education à la Paix
- Autre Vie
- Bangladesh Coalition for Child Rights
- Bangladesh Mohila Unnayan Sanghstha
- Center for the Human Rights of Children
- Centre For Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
- Centre for Women's Studies - University of Nijmegen
- Centre pour la Promotion des Droits de l'Enfant et de la Femme
- Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia
- Child Helpline Cameroon
- Child Helpline Somalia (CHS)
- Child Labour Action Network
- Child Rights Brigade International
- Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre
- Child Rights International Network
- Child Rights Legal Centre
- Children Concern Organisation
- Children First - Pakistan
- Children in Adversity Consultation website
- Children Today Centre
- Children's Law Centre
- Children's Rights Project, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape
- ChildRight
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- Community Children Organisation (COCO)
- Consortium for Street Children
- Defence for Children International
- Defence for Children International - Costa Rica
- Defence for Children International - Sierra Leone
- Defensores PROCDN
- Enfants du Monde - Droits de l'Homme
- Fortress Nigeria
- Genuine Empowerment of Mothers in Society
- Ghana NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child
- Global March South Asian Secretariat/CWIN Nepal
- Global Movement for Children
- Good Neighbours Care
- Grupo Iniciativa Nacional por los Derechos del Niño, GIN-PERU
- HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
- Hellenic Association Of Poltical Scientists
- Homeland Community Development Agency
- Human Rights - First the Child
- Human Rights Information and Documentation Center
- Information and Research Centre at King Hussein Foundation
- Integrated Regional Information Networks - IRIN
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International Friendship Society
- Interuniversity Attraction Poles - Research Network on Human Rights of Children
- Jammu and Kashmir Child Rights Trust
- Jonathan's Child Care Center Sierra Leone
- Joy for Children - Uganda
- Kinderombudsman
- Kinderrechte Afrika e.V. (KiRA)
- Lembaga Advokasi Anak Indonesia
- Lixbey Environmental Foundation
- Maison des Droits de l'Enfant
- Meerut CHILDLINE
- National Centre for Human Rights
- National Centre For Playwork Education - North East
- National Information Centre on Human Rights
- New Life Foundation of Bangladesh
- NGO/UNICEF Regional Network for Children in Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States
- Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Office of the Children's Advocate - Jamaica
- ONG Espoir pour les enfants
- Organisation de Developpement et des Droits de l'Homme au Cameroun
- Organisation for the Protection of Children's Rights
- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children
- PAN AFRICAN YOUTH COUNCIL
- Parlement des enfants de Côte d'Ivoire section daloa
- People's Action in Development
- Plan Tanzania
- Red Iberoamericana de Defensa de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
- Relief Society of Tigray
- Right to Education Project
- Save Congo's Child
- Save the Children - Italy
- Save the Children - Norway
- Save the Children Canada
- Save the Children Sweden - Office for the Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - Pakistan programme
- Save the Children Sweden - Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - South Africa
- Save the Children Sweden Denmark - Bangladesh
- Save the Children UK
- Save the Children UK - DRC Office
- Save the Children UK - Sierra Leone Office
- Seyaj for Childhood Protection
- Society for Education and Development/Nepal
- Society for the Protection for the Rights of the Child
- Society Studies Centre (SSC)
- Somali Children Rights Organization
- Southern Africa Child Development Initiative (SA-child)
- Spanish Committee for UNICEF
- St Mary's Orphan Home
- Tanzania Child Rights Forum
- The "Future is yours" NGO
- The Ombudsperson for Children Republic of Croatia
- UNICEF - Belgique
- UNICEF - Belgrade
- UNICEF - Bhutan
- UNICEF - Cambodia
- UNICEF - Colombia
- UNICEF - Cuba country office
- UNICEF - Ethiopia
- UNICEF - Gambia
- UNICEF - Georgia
- UNICEF - India
- UNICEF - Malaysia
- UNICEF - Papua New Guinea
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF Office of Research
- UNICEF Pacific
- UNICEF Podgorica
- UNICEF the Netherlands
- UNICEF Togo
- World Vision - Japan
- Youth Partnership for Peace and Development
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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.
