malaysian ngo alternative report on crc mar2012.ppt
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NGO CRC ALTERNATIVE REPORT
In The Service Of Children
Malaysian Child Resource Ins3tute Unit A-‐29-‐3A, Menara UOA, No. 5, Jalan Bangsar Utama 1, 59000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel/Fax: 603-‐2202 1302 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.mcr-‐inst.org
The Conven3on on the Rights of the Child • Malaysia raVfied the CRC in 1995 (with several reservaVons)
• State parVes reports to the Commi:ee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva (Art. 44 CRC) Ø 2 years a_er raVfying the CRC Ø Every 5 years…
Commi:ee on the Rights of the Child • Monitors the implementaVon of the CRC and two opVonal protocols (OPSC & OPAC)
• Examines State Party Reports (Country Reports) and reports from ‘other competent bodies’ (e.g. NGOs) and from children
• Produces Concluding ObservaVons • Recently established an OpVonal Protocol on a communicaVons procedure for child rights violaVons
• The CRC gives NGOs a role in monitoring its implementaVon (Art. 45(a) CRC)
• NGO AlternaVve Reports to be submieed within 6 months of submission of State Party Report
• NGO AlternaVve Reports provides an independent analysis of the child rights situaVon in the country
NGO Alterna3ve Reports
The CRC Repor3ng Process: Content of Report
The process of preparing the Country Report should be: • broad and parVcipatory, • offering an opportunity to conduct a comprehensive review of naVonal legislaVon, administraVve rules and procedures and pracVces.
The CRC Repor3ng Process: Content of Report
1. Measures adopted by State Party following suggesVons and recommendaVons made by the Commieee in its Concluding ObservaVons
2. Measures taken to monitor progress in the implementaVon of the CRC
3. AllocaVon of budgets and other resources devoted to children
4. StaVsVcal data disaggregated by gender and age 5. Obstacles encountered in the realizaVon of
obligaVons under the CRC
Progress in Malaysia Since raVficaVon: • Malaysian government submieed her first Country Report in 2006
• The CRC Commieee responded with its Concluding ObservaVons in 2007 with several recommendaVons
• No NGO AlternaVve Report has ever been submieed by Malaysian civil society
NGO Coali3on • CoaliVon building briefings in April and May 2010 • CRC training in June 2010 • Series of NGO ConsultaVons began in Aug 2010 • FormaVon of Steering Commieee in Sept 2010:
1. MCRI (CoordinaVon/Secretariat) 2. PS The Children 3. Malaysian Care 4. Lariche Community 5. Yayasan Chow Kit 6. Voice of the Children
Research Clusters 10 RESEARCH CLUSTERS were created in Sept 2010
that follows a themaVc structure, Inline with the
CRC Commieee’s Concluding ObservaVons
Research Clusters & Team Leaders Clusters Team
1 Refugee, Asylum Seeking, Migrant and Trafficked Children
Lariche Community
2 Civil Rights MCRI 3 Family Environment Voice of the Children 4 AlternaVve Care Voice of the Children 5 Basic Health and Welfare Malaysian Care 6 Abuse PS The Children/MCRI 7 Children with DisabiliVes Malaysian Care 8 Indigenous Children Lariche Community 9 Street Children Yayasan Chow Kit 10 EducaVon MCRI
NGO Consulta3on Oct 2012 6
Final Report Dec 2012 7
DraW Sept 2012 5
Data & Informa3on Gathering Jan – Jul 2012 4
NGO Consulta3on Nov 2011 3
Nov 2011 1st DraW & Status Report 2
Jan – Oct 2011 Data & Informa3on Gathering 1
GOING FORWARD: Project Timeline 2011-‐ 2012
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Malaysian Child Resource Ins3tute Unit A-‐29-‐3A, Menara UOA, No. 5, Jalan Bangsar Utama 1, 59000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel/Fax: 603-‐2202 1302 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.mcr-‐inst.org