CRC Asia member, Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights (HKCCR) actively partners with children, youth, and NGOs in monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in Hong Kong. This it does as part of its mandate to stand up for…

Close to 300 participants from national organizations, regional civil society networks, and youth groups from ASEAN member states gathered in Brunei Darussalam last April 6-8, 2013 for the ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC).  With the theme ASEAN: “Building our Future Together”, the conference discussed various issues concerning peace and security, the…

19 November 2012   Quezon City, Philippines – More than 400 children and supporting  adults from about 40 children’s groups and child-focused civil society organizations nationwide gathered in a National Children’s Forum on children’s issues.

26 September 2012 Thailand is the first Asian country to ratify the new international treaty on children’s rights allowing children and their representatives to report rights violations to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

CRC Asia recently participated in the 2nd Regional Consultation on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, which was organized by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR).

The Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) adopted last 1 June the report on the UPR of Philippines.