UNICEF research reveals critical insights about how children are growing up in Canada and provides evidence-based directions for action.
Best Interests of the Child: meaning and application in Canada
UNICEF Report Card Series
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Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries
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The Children Left Behind: A league table of inequality in child well-being in the world’s rich countries
UNICEF's publications are essential resources and reference documents for using the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its optional protocols to achieve the rights of children everywhere.
The Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Fully revised third edition in PDF format). This Handbook provides a detailed record and analysis of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. There are Implementation Checklists for each article. The Handbook includes the two Optional Protocols to the Convention, and their guidelines for reporting.
UNICEF publications on the Convention on the Rights of the Child:
Law Reform and the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Reforming Child Law in South Africa: Budgeting and implementation planning
General Comments of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, including CD with Concluding Observations in Europe and Central Asia