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Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
http://www.crin.org/
CRIN is a membership-driven organisation and network of over 1,100 child rights organisations around the world. It strives to improve the lives of children through the exchange of information about child rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. CRIN Connects members through a website, an email list service and a newsletter.
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC)
www.unicef-icdc.org
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre works to strengthen the capacity of UNICEF and its cooperating institutions to respond to the evolving needs of children and to develop a new global ethic for children. It promotes the effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in both developing and industrialized countries, thereby reaffirming the universality of children’s rights and of UNICEF’s mandate.
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/index.html
The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library houses one of the largest collections of more than fourteen thousand core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments. The site also provides access to more than four thousands links and a unique search device for multiple human rights sites. This comprehensive research tool is accessed by more than a 175,000 students, scholars, educators, and human rights advocates monthly from over 135 countries around the world. Documents are available in six languages - Arabic, English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
Bayefsky.com
http://www.bayefsky.com/
Bayefsky.com was designed for the purpose of enhancing the implementation of the human rights legal standards of the United Nations. Accessibility to UN human rights norms by individuals everywhere is fundamental to their successful realization. The information provided herein encompasses a range of data concerning the application of the UN human rights treaty system by its monitoring treaty bodies since their inauguration in the 1970's.
Inter-American Children's Institute - Instituto Interamericano del Niño
http://www.iin.oea.org/
The Inter-American Children's Institute is a Specialized Organization of the Organization of American States, in charge of promoting the study of the areas of motherhood, children, adolescents, the family, and the community in the Americas and the adoption of the corresponding integral protection measures.
European Network of Ombudsmen for Children (ENOC)
http://www.ombudsnet.org
ENOC links independent offices for children from twelve countries in Europe . Its aims are to encourage the fullest possible implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the child, to support collective lobbying for children’s rights, to share information, approaches and strategies, and to promote the development of effective independent offices for children.
Media Activities and Good Ideas by, with and for Children
http://www.unicef.org/magic
All over the world, children and young people are contributing to a range of TV programmes, radio shows, newspaper, websites and other media projects, getting their voices heard and putting their hopes and concerns into the public area.
The MAGIC website is UNICEF's response to the Oslo Challenge of 1999, which called on media professionals, educators, governments, organizations, parents, children and young people themselves to recognize the enormous potential of media to make the world a better place for children.
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