Summaries of Anniversary Publications:

► DCI 30, CRC20: A History of Child Rights in Action

A special anniversary publication of the 30 year history of DCI. 
Child rights are for ever! Join us as we journey back to the creation of the organization in 1979 and see the history of the movement unfold.  Read about the dream of the visionary founder and those who understood him and joined him, and about their heroic struggles to realize this dream. Read about the founding of the DCI national sections.  Understanding their vision better helps us safeguard their legacy and carry it far into the 21st century, for as long as there are children, their rights will need our defence. November 2009.

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► Advocacy Strategies Training Manual General Comment No. 10: Children’s Rights in Juvenile Justice, November 2009

This manual aims to provide users with step by step practical advice for advocacy for juvenile justice reform and building up a strategy for children’s rights in juvenile justice.  It adapts and makes best use of the good practices already developed for the child rights advocacy and illustrates how they can be used to ensure follow-up to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment No. 10 on Children’s rights in Juvenile Justice, THE authoritative guidelines written by the Committee on the Rights of the Child for States parties. This manual provides step by step strategic plans, case studies, and real life examples.  It also gives advice on how to assist your organisation in planning and coordinating strategies with other partners at the highest in-country level possible.

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► Ending Violence Against Children in Justice Systems: Strategies for Civil Society

Engagement in the Follow-up to the UN Study on Violence against Children, October 2009: This report explores the specific role of civil society organisations in following-up the recommendations of the World Report on Violence against Children on ending violence in Justice Systems (chapter 5 of the Study). Eight case examples from civil society organisations illustrate different strategies or activities for follow-up intervention in practice, to provide guidance to NGOs wishing to undertake similar follow-up actions. November 2009.

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► “Education in Chains: Gaps in Education Provision to Children in Detention”

An Overview of the Right to Education of Children in Detention: This report examines the right to education of children in detention in thirteen countries where Defence for Children International (DCI) has a presence. The report stems from DCI’s participation in a special paper produced by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education on the theme of education for persons in detention. The evidence presented in this report highlights that many governments are failing to guarantee the right to education of children held in detention around the world. August 2009.

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► Fact Sheets on General Comment No. 10.: This collection of tools includes 7 easy to read and use fact sheets. 

The fact sheets are as follows: General Comment No. 10: Rights in Juvenile Justice, Preventing Juvenile Delinquency, Promoting Diversion, Ensuring Appropriate Age Limits of Criminal Responsibility, Guaranteeing a Fair Trial, Prohibiting the Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment, and Deprivation of Liberty as a Last Resort. April 2008.

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► Annual Activities Report 2008

The 2008 annual report of Defence for Children International gives an overview of the work that has been carried out by DCI’s International Secretariat throughout 2008 to promote and protect the rights of children in conflict with the law and to train and lend advocacy support to the national sections. It gives plenty of ideas for advocacy and lobbying and shows how to link advocacy and lobbying at the international level with the local level. March 2009.

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