An international conference on
Rebuilding sustainable communities for
children and their families after disasters
November
16-19, 2008
College of Public and Community Service
University of Massachusetts at Boston
Inaugural event of the
Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters
Links of Interest
United Nations
United Nations Security
Council Resolutions
United Nations Convention
on the Rights of the Child
UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Landmark Resolution on
Women, Peace, and Security
UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement
of Women:
Implementation
of UN SCR 1325
UN resolution: Children
in Armed Conflict
United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio (alternate
link at infoplease.com)
Human Rights / Rights of the Child
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, 1948
International Human Rights Standards
on Post-Disaster Resettlement and Rehabilitation
Revised
Arab Charter on Human Rights
African
Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
United Nations Human
Rights (including the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of
the Child)
Maputo Declaration
on the Use of Children as Soldiers
ILO
Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention 182
The US Department of State (2005). The
Facts About Child Soldiers
UNICEF. Child
protection from violence, exploitation and abuse - Children in Conflict and Emergencies
1999
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
The
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Declaration on the Commitments
for Children in ASEAN 2001
1989
Convention on the Rights of the Child
1999
ILO Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention (182)
The
adoption of “Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict” by the European
Union in 2003 and the Implementation Strategy for the Guidelines agreed in January
2006
2000
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Sexual
Violence in Disasters: A Planning Guide for Prevention
and Response By Alisa Klein (Published by the National
Sexual Violence Resource Center)
Early Childhood Education
United
States National Committee of the World Organization
for Early Childhood Education
Organization Mondiale pour l’Education Prescolaire
(OMEP)
Organizacion Mundial para la Educacion Preescolar (OMEP)
Save the children
International / Non-Governmental Organizations
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre
Humiliation, Human Dignity and Violent Conflict
Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
Best Practices
Cape
Town Principles and Best Practices
Refugees / Geneva Convention / Criminal Court
1951
Refugee Convention
Additional Protocols to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949
The
Paris Commitments and Principles (alternate link at tamilnation.org)
Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Resolution 1904 of the Organization of American States in 2002
Mental Health / Psychology
Disaster
Mental Health Research and Practice (Boston, Massachusetts)
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