Children in Crisis is one of hundreds of Charities supporting Children in need globally.

 

This information increases the awareness and helps us to see the perspectives of children in another countries. The children of the UK are equally subjected to various forms of deliberate and systematic deprivation. The recent Scientific studies show that the children living under poverty line in the UK are in several millions . so is School drop out as it is also rampant. These tragic incidents against the rights of Children are mostly linked in one way or another with family breakdown and inability of children to have their both parents as they are naturally ought to. Those who are in position attempt to solve the problems all over the world with cosmetic treatments of the symptoms of poverty instead of eradicating the underlying causes of Child poverty in the developed parts of the world.

 

Denboba Natie, November 14, 2013

 

 

This information about one Charity that does an excellent job to make this to happen in poor countries where conflict disrupts the livelihood of others. (http://www.childrenincrisis.org/about-us)

 

 

Children in Crisis was established in 1993 in the UK to give children in some of the world’s poorest countries the education they need to help transform their lives.

 

Our vision: All children receive the learning needed for their flourishing and wellbeing

 

Our mission: Where resources are few, where education is needed to heal the nation, and where it is too remote for others, our aim is to support children to read, write, think, pursue their life goals and contribute positively to their communities.

 

“We shape approaches which are not too costly but are effective and potentially scalable, not only by us, but by poorly resourced local NGOs and local authorities. We know that the environments we work in are unstable and uncertain, so we ensure that our solutions are resilient, and can be adapted by local communities if things go wrong”. Koy Thomson, Chief Executive of Children in Crisis.

 

Education for children is of paramount importance in today’s world and it is one of the reasons why Children in Crisis exists.

 

Children are at the centre of everything we do. We believe in a moral duty to protect and nurture the most vulnerable and dependent children in our society. Through education, they have a fairer chance in life, and above all, it allows them to flourish as a human being and to contribute positively to their families, and society.

 

As a recent UNESCO report stated “the number of children out of school is falling too slowly.” According to current global trends, 56 million children will still be out of school in 2015, a huge discrepancy from the Millennium Development Goal that intended to have every child complete a year of primary school by 2015. Education is moving up the political agenda outside and within the UK, but not fast enough. Education budgets took the severe brunt of the financial crisis with many of them being cut by countries that already had millions of children out of school.

 

Education has been called an inoculation against poverty and resurgent conflict. In many post-conflict situations, thousands who have missed out on schooling, are marginalised and too easily whipped up by dangerous leaders into new rounds of conflict. It is in these tough environments that children face major barriers to education and it is one of the reasons why we focus on politically unstable and conflict-affected countries. 

 

In sub-Saharan Africa, 10 million children drop out of school every year. Of the 72 million primary aged children still not enrolled in school worldwide, 40 million are found in fragile and conflict affected states.

 
The economic and strategic arguments for educating children are just as compelling. Investing in a child’s early development and learning yields the highest individual and collective benefits as compared to investing in later life.

A population’s education and health status play a significant role in a country’s economic development. Education empowers the people to help themselves and thus helps to improve governance. In addition education can hugely increase the innovative capacity of an economy, even at local level.

Each extra year of education raises lifetime earnings by about 10% (DFID, 2010). With an educated population, a country will also gain an extra 1% GDP for every year of schooling provided (DFID 2010).

 

However a year of schooling does not produce the same cognitive skills everywhere and this is why our main focus is on quality education. We don’t just build schools, we also train teachers to high standards and introduce modern teaching methods.

We also invest in women’s literacy classes and vocational training. We recognise that better education also results in better health for mothers and children because of better access to crucial information and health care.

Children of mothers who are educated are 40% more likely to live beyond age 5.  It is broadly recognised that a clear boost to economic development can only be achieved through investment in secondary education. However, facilitating access to secondary education can only be achieved through universal primary education and through women's education so that they encourage their children, girls in particular, to go to school...

Based on current global trends, 105 million 15-24 year olds will lack basic literacy skills in 2015, 55% of whom will be women. This has a major intergenerational effect, given that mothers who cannot read are far less likely to be supportive of education for their children. This is why the work of children in crisis is so valuable.
Read more about Children in Crisis, http://www.childrenincrisis.org/about-us
  
Our Future Direction:

To Read our strategy for the upcoming years CLICK HERE The job the  above Charity does is Invaluable contribution to the betterment of Children's futurity.  Denboba Natie

The final part VI of 'Action Versus Conventions [Direct copy]

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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC): Call for views


October 24, 2013, Great Britain, UK


The UK is due to submit its next (fifth) periodic report early in 2014. A draft version of the 'Draft periodic report to the UNCRC: UK call for views' is available.

The department welcomes comments from civil society on the draft version of this report while it is still under development.

Please note that the UN committee has provided detailed guidance on the format and length of the report and we will therefore be trying to keep to this as closely as possible in the final version. The department will give careful consideration to all responses.

It would be helpful if your comments could be set out under the following headings:

• general comments on the report
• comments on specific subject areas or chapters
• any additional examples or supplementary evidence for inclusion in the report, including the views and experiences of children and young people

Please email your response by 22 November 2013 using the address provided.

Contact details

Call for views: UK draft periodic report for the UNCRC
Email: UNCRC.VIEWS@education.gsi.gov.uk

'Any person with genuine judgement can look at these and take his/her won judgements as to what is happening in the UK wide Children welfare courts in general the Scottish Children welfare courts in particular. The Status-quo is unsustainable, unjust,. unfair and extremely biased that needs to comply with these international conventions on protecting the rights of Children'.


Denboba Natie

 

Part V of VI from 'Action Versus Conventions' [direct copy]

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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC): Reporting process


October 24, 2013, Great Britain, UK


Every state that has ratified the convention is required to report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on how it is fulfilling its obligations. These periodic reviews are expected to happen every 5 years.

The UN committee considers all evidence submitted to it by the state party. It also gathers evidence from independent human rights institutions (including the 4 UK children's commissioners and ombudsmen), non-governmental organisations and children and young people.

Non-governmental organisations are also encouraged to submit their own reports to the UN committee about the implementation of the convention in a particular country. The UNCRC is the only international human rights treaty that expressly gives non-governmental organisations (NGOs) a role in monitoring its implementation.

The UN committee produces concluding observations on the state party it has assessed. These set out the UN committee's assessment of progress in implementing the convention and any areas of concern. The state party is not expected to respond formally to the concluding observations, but is expected to address the issues in its next periodic report to the UN committee. The concluding observations for the UK are available to download 'UNCRC - Third and fourth concluding observations 2008'.

The UK first reported to the UNCRC on 15 March 1994. Since then it has produced a further 3 periodic reports.

The UK will be submitting its next (fifth) periodic report in January 2014. A draft version of this report is available to download on page 6 - Call for views.

Overseas territories and crown dependencies

British overseas territories are not part of the United Kingdom but come under its sovereignty. These territories include:

• Anguilla
• Bermuda
• the British Virgin Islands
• the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands
• the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
• Montserrat
• St Helena and its dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
• the Pitcairn Islands
• Turks and Caicos Islands

They ratified the UNCRC from 1997. Crown dependencies fall under the sovereignty of the British Crown but have a different constitutional relationship with the UK than overseas territories. The Isle of Man is the only crown dependency to ratify the UNCRC so far. The last reports submitted by the crown dependencies and overseas territories were examined at the same time as the main UK report.

More information

Visit the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's website for more information on the convention, the processes involved and for reports from other countries.


Denboba Natie.
 

Part IV of VI from 'Action Versus Convention' [direct copy]


United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC): The articles


October 24, 2013, Great Britain, UK


Articles 1 to 41 of the convention set out the rights of children and the corresponding obligations of state parties (governments) to safeguard them. Article 42 requires states to publicise the principles and provisions of the convention to children, young people, parents and carers, and everyone working with children and young people.
The convention covers the following subjects:

• definition of children as all persons less than 18 years of age, unless the legal age of majority in a country is lower
• general principles, including
  • the right to life, survival and development
  • the right to non-discrimination
  • respect for the views of children
  • the requirement to give primary consideration to the child's best interests in all matters affecting them
• civil rights and freedoms, including
  • the right to a name and nationality
  • the right to freedom of expression, thought and association
  • the right to access to information
  • the right not to be subjected to torture
• family environment and alternative care, including
  • the right to live with and have contact with both parents
  • the right to be reunited with parents if separated from them
  • the right to the provision of appropriate alternative care where necessary
• basic heath and welfare, including
  • the rights of disabled children
  • the right to healthcare, social security, childcare services and an adequate standard of living
• education, leisure and cultural activities, including
  • the right to education
  • the rights to play, leisure and participation in cultural life and the arts
• special protection measures covering the rights of
  • refugee children
  • those affected by armed conflicts
  • children in the juvenile justice system
  • children deprived of their liberty
  • children suffering economic, sexual or other forms of exploitation.

More information about the convention and the articles is available in the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child website.

'These all are excellent pieces of Conventions leading to have various forms of legislations for the governments signed into agreement. However, if the culture of implementation is unchanged, remain dogmatic and less progressive an apology after apology will be the norm of all authorities assigned to protect the rights of children after all went terribly wrong'.

Denboba Natie


 

Part III of VI from 'Action Versus Convention' [direct copy]

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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC): UN Committee on the Rights of the Child


October 24, 2013 Great Britain, UK

''States which are party to the convention, including the UK, have to report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. This United Nations treaty monitoring body assesses how well states are implementing the convention, reports on progress and makes recommendations.

The UN committee comprises 18 independent children's rights experts who are elected in their personal capacity to 4-year terms.

The UN committee meets 3 times a year in Geneva, Switzerland.

The UN committee is responsible for examining the progress made by state parties in fulfilling their obligations under the convention''.

''There are excellent meeting places and smart conventions in place, yet the rights of Children are blatantly abused, violated and neglected subjecting the children concerned to continuous sufferings at the hands of those who are supposed to protect them whilst the authorities involving courts, judges, police, social services and others remain oblivious and at times ignorant of the facts. The biggest and flagrant violations of children rights however is denying contact with their father once the fathers are separated from mothers.  On most occasions, the courts entertain these!! 
Please read more from the similar link from part I.

Denboba Natie

 

Part II of  VI from the 'Action Versus Convention' [direct copy]

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC): When the Convention was written and why,

Denboba Natie

October 24, 2013, Great Britain, UK

In the 1940s, the United Nations produced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted in 1948. This declaration applies to children as well as adults. However, growing awareness of the rights of children led to calls for a dedicated children's human rights treaty. In 1959, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the second declaration of the Rights of the Child. This consisted of 10 principles for working in the best interests of the child. This declaration was not legally binding, however, and was only a statement of intent.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was drafted over the course of 10 years between 1979 and 1989.

Representatives from all societies, religions and cultures contributed, and a working group was given the task of drafting the Convention. Like all human rights treaties, the UNCRC had first to be approved or adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.

On 20 November 1989, the governments represented at the General Assembly (which included the UK) agreed to adopt the convention into international law. The UK signed the Convention on 19 April 1990, ratified it on 16 December 1991 and it came into force on 15 January 1992. More from the previous p\art I link:.....

The Growing question in relation to Father-child relationship post divorce or separation is that the lack of its implementation.

Denboba Natie

Action versus Convention!

Part I of VI 

Denboba Natie (directly copied information to initiate further debate)

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

October 28, 2013, Great Britain, UK

 

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is an international human rights treaty that grants all children and young people (aged 17 and under) a comprehensive set of rights. The UK signed the convention on 19 April 1990, ratified it on 16 December 1991 and it came into force on 15 January 1992.

 

The UNCRC is presently the most widely ratified international human rights treaty. It is the only international human rights treaty to include civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. It sets out in detail what every child needs to have a safe, happy and fulfilled childhood regardless of  their sex, religion, social origin, and where and to whom they were born. All United Nations member states, except for the United States and Somalia, have ratified the convention.

 

The convention gives children and young people over 40 substantive rights, including the right to:

• special protection measures and assistance
  


• access to services such as education and healthcare
  


• develop their personalities, abilities and talents to the fullest potential
  


• grow up in an environment of happiness, love and understanding
  


• be informed about and participate in achieving their rights in an accessible and active manner
  

This government is committed to the UNCRC and to its implementation. As state party, the Westminster Government is responsible for the overall co-ordination of the UNCRC across the UK. The department for Education is the lead department with responsibility for implementing the UNCRC in England and for coordinating UK-wide reports, although each of the Devolved Administrations implements the UNCRC and addresses the committee’s recommendations as appropriate to their own local requirements.

 

The UK first reported to the UNCRC on 15 March 1994. Since then it has produced a further 3 periodic reports. The UK will be submitting its next (fifth) periodic report in January 2014. A draft version of this report is available to download on page 6 - Call for views. 

Is UK and the its four Kingdoms are implementing these rights as per their claims?

Please read from the following link for understanding despite the facts I have discussed so far in my blog: http://dfe.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/healthandwellbeing/b0074766/uncrc

 

Denboba Natie

 

The Scottish and UK Wide Child Welfare Courts are lagging behind in the aspects of genuinely Protecting the Rights of Children!

Denboba Natie

I think the resources I'm linking with this brief discussion is  relevant and informative to all Scottish fathers and their children. It's about a Charity known as Family Need Fathers (FNF) Scotland that works with and for Families with particular focus  on Fathers who are denied contacts with their kids post divorce/separation.

The aforementioned Charity is one of the key points for Scottish fathers who are left with no choices, but subjected to unfair, extremely biased, excessively one sided, blatantly unfair and unduly lengthy Scottish Children's Welfare Court proceedings. In the long term, such unfair process of the said courts undoubtedly causes in the children involved serious and lasting psycho-emotional, mental and spiritual damages leading to perhaps a life long mental health difficulties. Ample researches substantiate this argument. It seems that some of the judges, reporters, Curatrax, Lawyers and Solicitors prefer obviousness whilst ignoring these facts entirely focussing on erroneous decisions of those who are assigned to protect the very rights of Children. Needless to say about the fact that the fathers whose life are left in an abyss of despair and loneliness not knowing where to turn to. Such an action of the courts qualify to blatant human rights violations. For that matter, if the fathers and children are disallowed contacts unlawfully, the presence and practices of courts simply becomes meaningless. It is and remains noble however. Instead it becomes a place where those who are supposed to safeguard the rights of children procedurally show their allegiance to one another.

Another aspect of such endless saga is that the fathers involved in such lengthy, emotionally and psychologically draining process incur tremendous financial losses. They are also required to provide for their separated/divorced mothers whilst being treated like alien and disallowed contacts. It's such a paradox for any civilised person to comprehend. Unsubstantiated allegations always remain on the fact that either father will cause threat to mother or kids even if the violent person is someone who claims that she/he is abused.

There are numerous case studies (Scientifically validated) emphasising the fact that both mothers and fathers can do harm and be threat to their kids if they have got issues that compromises their parenting capabilities due to several factors. If this is the case, an expert assessments are relevant to make that kind of independent and unbiased judgments. Erroneously judging fathers and kids without these and others tools that are put in place to be used to carry out such an assessments, it will be unwise and makes the entire system uncivilised and potentially counterproductive. If the systems that are created to satisfy the necessary requirements justices demands work to satisfy the hatred of women to men; it obscures the civility of this ancient land of Scots whose ancestors pioneered numerous technological and scientific inputs providing solution to difficulties of the world faced during the enlightment eras.

Therefore, denying fathers  contacts to their kids based on an erroneous assertion about father's being threats to their kids once they are no longer with their partners isn't only unfair and unlawful, but it is and remains fundamental wrong urgently needing fundamental change in attitude of courts judges, lawyers/solicitors and others statutory and voluntary organisations involved in safeguarding children.

The Scottish government must think these issues seriously to take progressive actions step by step to safeguard Children and assure fair treatments of fathers--not as a foreign bodies entered into once system taken out of it by antibiotics. On most occasions, this is the manner in which the Scottish Children welfare courts operate. 

One can imagine how damaging it would be to children (at their tender ages in particular) who are suddenly told that they can no longer see their dad who once was a part of their entire being without justifiable reasons.  This is what the Scottish Child Welfare hearing courts are mostly engaged in on several occasions. Business shouldn't be at the sufferings of kids and fathers.

The evidences show that there are hundreds of thousands of kids left at the hands of excessive alcoholics and druggists parents about whom the courts do little or nothing whilst busying themselves with denying contacts and delaying the cases of responsible fathers and their children. This must be stopped and all should be treated equally and fairly, if the child welfare courts to be independent and satisfy the ethos on which it was conceived.  After all this isn't a dictatorial country where the rule of law is and remains mockery.

The link can be one of the valuable resources for fathers who are fighting such deep rooted prejudices about fathers. The link http://www.fnf.org.uk/law-and-information/scotland

If your children live in Scotland then they will be subject to the Scottish legal system.
The Scottish statute law relating to children is substantially similar (but not identical) to that in England. However, divorce law is different, legal procedures are very different, and different case law applies. Please refer to the information on the FNF Scotland site for further details.

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