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Message from SRSG on Violence against Children on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples “Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices"

Published Aug. 9, 2012 8:33 AM

The past years have been marked by a strengthening of the rights of indigenous peoples, including the rights of indigenous children. Together with other international standards, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols remain a crucial reference in this regard. The new third Optional Protocol to the Convention on a Communications Procedure will allow children to bring complaints to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. With this new instrument children, just like adults, will have an access to international human rights bodies.