The Concerned for Working Children

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

CWC has been actively following the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. As a pioneering organisation in the field of children’s participation, the majority of CWC’s advocacy has been centred on Article 12 of the Convention – the right of children to participate in decisions being made about their lives.

CWC facilitated the first-ever children’s alternative report (or shadow report) to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in 1998. This was a path-breaking, and when children submitted it to the Committee, they received a standing ovation.

In 2003, CWC facilitated the National Movement of Working Children to submit the second children’s alternative report to the Committee.

Based on a detailed analysis of Article 12, CWC submitted comments on likely challenges in translating Article 12 into concrete action at the country level.