Child Rights Coalition Asia (CRC Asia), through the support of Plan International and Save the Children, gathered 63 individuals (39 participants, 15 speakers and reactors, and 9 secretariat staff) from 20 countries for the four-day Asia-Pacific Partnership Meeting of Child Rights Coalitions and Networks on 1-4 July 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. The delegates included representatives from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, sectoral bodies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children, national human rights institutions, national child rights coalitions and networks in Asia-Pacific, and CRC Asia member organizations.
The meeting is is a continuing effort of CRC Asia to facilitate a venue for collaboration and cooperation for national coalitions and networks for the realization of the rights of the child, including the child’s right to protection. It aims to:
- Improve knowledge on emerging child rights issues and situations, particularly those related to violence against children,
- Develop plans for collaboration on child rights advocacy, and
- Engage with the ASEAN sectoral bodies in the identification of implementation of child protection initiatives in Southeast Asia.
Read the summary documentation report here.
