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Annual Report to the 44th General Assembly
of the OASINTER-AMERICAN
CHILDREN’S INSTITUTE, SPECIALIZED ORGANIZATION
Presentation of Annual Report 2012 by IIN-OASPresentation of the IIN-OAS's Annual Report to the 43rd General Assembly of the OAS (CP/doc.4838/13), prior to the Forty-Third Regular Session of the General Assembly. The report was presented by the President of the Directing Council and representative of Panama to the Directing Council, Ms Gloria Lozano de Díaz, to the General Committee of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
Institutional Strengthening and Activities carried out by the Office of the General Director
Working Groups for Action Plan 2011-2015
Natural DisastersMember states:BrazilCanadaColombiaHaitiHondurasPanama
Early ChildhoodMember states:ArgentinaBrazilColombiaCosta RicaUnited StatesGuatemalaHaitiHondurasMexicoPanamaParaguaySurinameUruguay
Management Model
Juvenile Criminal LiabilityMember states:Antigua and BarbudaArgentinaBrazilColombiaChileEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasMexicoPanamaParaguayPeru
Fundraising CommitteeMember states:Antigua and BarbudaBrazilCanadaChileColombiaCosta RicaPanamaUruguay
1. Ms Rosa Ma. Ortiz, IACHR Special Rapporteur on Childhood, member of the Permanent Working Group for Coordination and Implementation of Actions Relating to the Niñ@Sur Initiative; Amb. John Biehl del Río; Ms Dolores Aguilar, Director General of the IIN-OAS.2. Mr Egidio Crotti, UNICEF Representative in Uruguay; Amb. John Biehl del Río.3. Members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Uruguay and members of the Permanent Working Group for Coordination and Implementation of Actions Relating to the Niñ@Sur Initiative.
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86th Anniversary of the IIN-OAS
16 and 17 September 2013, in the city of Medellín, Colombia
Attended by the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Ambassador Albert Ramdin
Adoption by acclamation of the resolution on the Twenty-First Pan American Congress
88th Regular Meeting of the Directing Council
Childhood: Building Peaceful EnvironmentsChildhood: Building Peaceful Environments
XXI Pan American Congress
Violence against Children
General Topic
Draft AgendaDraft Rules of ProcedureSecond Civil Society ForumSecond Pan American Child Participation ForumUnified Resolution
Motto
XXI Pan American Congress
Meeting with the Action Plan Follow-Up Committee and analysis by sub-regionMeeting with the Action Plan Follow-Up Committee and analysis by sub-region
Canada, United States, MexicoCanada, United States, Mexico
Analysis with President and Vice-PresidentAnalysis with President and Vice-President
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, VenezuelaBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, UruguayArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican RepublicCosta Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago
Twenty-First Pan American Child Congress: presentation and analysis process
9 - 10 JulyAnalysis with Host State – BRAZILAnalysis with Host State – BRAZIL
12 July - 12 August
Comments received and discussion with States regarding recommendationsComments received and discussion with States regarding recommendations 12-20 August
Remittance of papers to be considered during the 88th R. M. of the Directing CouncilRemittance of papers to be considered during the 88th R. M. of the Directing Council
21 August
XXI Pan American Congress
Recommendations received from the point of view of State officials and experts on the subject, as well as the perspective of the region’s children and the representatives of civil society organizations.
Leading to courses of action linked to national childhood systems, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their actions for the benefit of the comprehensive protection of children. At the same time, offering governments technical guidelines for public policy design.
XXI Pan American Congress
World Report on Violence against Children
No form of violence against children is justifiable.All forms of violence against children can be prevented.Children should not receive less protection than adults. The States should invest in evidence-based policies and programmes to address the causal factors of violence against children.
The IIN will cooperate with CARICOM States in the organization of symposia or other events related to the Congress, in order to help raise awareness regarding the principal issue to be addressed at the Congress: violence against children.
These symposia/events will be organized together with the national liaison officers with whom the IIN has been cooperating, particularly in the areas of sexual exploitation and child participation.
Meeting with CARICOM representatives
Department of International Affairs/Secretariat for External Relations
Forum of Civil Society Organizations as part of the Twenty-First Pan American Child Congress
Fora and Meetings
Brazil – Girl’s Empowerment Seminar
Brazil – International Seminar on “Building a Legal Framework for Public Policies on Early Childhood”
Costa Rica – RIAL Workshop for the eradication of the worst forms of child labour
Panama – Regional seminar on investment in childhood
Fora and Meetings
INTER AMERICAN CHILDREN’S INSTITUTESPECIALIZED ORGANIZATION
INTER-AMERICAN COOPERATION PROGRAMME FOR THE PREVENTION AND ERADICATION OF
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND SMUGGLING OF AND TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN – AG/RES. 2432 (XXXVIII-O/08)
AG/RES. 2771 (XLIII-O/13)
BackgroundInter-American Cooperation Programme for the Prevention and
Eradication of Sexual Exploitation and Smuggling of and Trafficking in Children (CD/RES. 10 (82-R/07) adopted on the occasion of the Eighty-Second Regular Meeting held on 26 and 27 July 2007, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia).
AG / RES- 2432 (XXXVIII –O/08) – adopted on the occassion of the Thirty Eight General Assembly, held on 3 June 2008, Medellin, Colombia.
AG/RES. 2771 (XLIII-O/13) Prevention and Eradication of Sexual Exploitation and Smuggling of and Trafficking in Minors. – adopted during the 43rd General Assembly, held in La Antigua, Guatemala, in June 2013.
Work Area 1: The compilation and update of information regarding SEC in the region, to be made available to States Party.
Work Area 2: The generation of information and knowledge on the subject of SEC, which will aid States Party in the design and implementation of their policies and action in addressing this problem.
Work Area 3: Training human resources and providing specialized technical assistance to States Party.
Programme Structure
1. Compilation and update of information regarding CSEC in the region, to be made available to States PartyLaunching of the updated version of ANNAObserva, the website of the inter-American Programme for the Prevention and Eradication of Sexual Commercial Exploitation, Illegal Trafficking and Trade in Children and AdolescentsIssues Notes
2. Generation of information and knowledge on the subject of CSEC, which will aid States Party in the design and implementation of their policies and action in addressing this issue.
Twelfth Annual Report to the Secretary GeneralProposals for producing a framework of reference for reparation and
restitution of the rights of child victims of commercial sexual exploitation with a gender perspective
Thirteenth Annual Report to the Secretary General Commercial sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism
3. Training human resources and providing specialized technical assistance to States Party.Semi-distance course on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.
Chile - Restitution of the rights of child victims of CSE (early detection and appropriate referral; protection provided for legal proceedings; child victim participation).
El Salvador - 1) Masculinity, sexuality and child abuse; 2) Client-exploiters; 3) Disabled children and adolescents and their increased exposure to sexual exploitation; 4) Social exclusion and the sexual exploitation of children.
Uruguay - nationwide legal tools; the judicial system; intervention in commercial sexual exploitation of children situations (detection and restitution); interinstitutional coordination.
Fourth Regional Meeting 2013 on “Prevention, Promotion and Restitution of Rights in the face of Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism – Experiences for Reflection”, San Salvador -El Salvador.
21st Pan American Congress
Inter-American Cooperation Programme for the Prevention and Eradication of Sexual Exploitation, and smuggling of and Trafficking in Children General Assembly General AG/RES: 2028 (XXXIV -0/04)
SEC – One of the worst forms of violence
Article 19, paragraph 1 of the CRC: "[...] all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse"
The efforts of the States in the framework of the “Rio Commitments” (2008)
21st Pan American Congress
Papers produced / Tools Guidelines for the implementation of comprehensive policies for early childhood Menu of Indicators
Online Course on Early Childhood Policies
Tools Transfer Workshop in Lima, Peru
Early Childhood
Organization of the Second Pan American Child Participation Forum 1. The promotion of participation as a process, within the context of the
21st Pan American Congress2. The encouragement of leadership among young people with regard to
promoting their rights3. The encouragement of State initiatives tending towards the eradication
of all forms of violence, with the participation of children
Child Participation
Online course on participation Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay:
Online courses tailored to the needs of each State, led by technical experts who currently coordinate child participation promotion programmes
Papers produced / Tools Juvenile Criminal Liability Systems in the AmericasOperational technical guidelines for the implementation and execution of non-
custodial penaltiesGuidelines for methodology in cases that require post-sentence support
Course on general aspects of Criminal Liability Systems “SIRPA”
Juvenile Criminal Liability
ColombiaAdolescents found guilty of criminal sexual offences
GuatemalaAdolescents found guilty of criminal sexual offences
PanamaTraining in the intervention model “Re-Education Measure, Panama”
Juvenile Criminal Liability
Transfer of tools in 3 States:Operational technical guidelines for the implementation and execution of non-custodial penaltiesGuidelines for methodology in cases that require post-sentence support
Action Plan 2011-2015Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of International Abduction of Children by one of their Parents - AG/RES. 2028 (XXXIV-O/04) - AG/RES. 2133 (XXXV-O/05)
Inter-American Course on International Child Abduction (ICA) Information tool for users and the general population
Disaster Risk Management
Papers produced / Tools
Learning from the experiences of the case studies carried out in Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and El Salvador
Guidelines for a “policy framework for the promotion and protection of children in disaster risk management”
Tools Transfer: Peru
Meeting to transfer the policy framework guidelinesRevision and validation workshop for Guide 2
Guide 1 – Management and coordination – operating tools for public officials / decision makers
Guide 2 – Operation handbook for the comprehensive protection of children in emergencies or disasters
Guide 3 – Adolescent promoters as agents of change in disaster risk management / Youth participation in disaster risk management.
Action Plan 2011-2015Communications Area – Communications Products and Websites
Social Networks
IIN-OAS Presentation BrochureChildhood: a Vital Job for the HemisphereOnline Course on Communications and Rights
Communications
Online Training 2013
Course Offered Participating States
1. Update on Rights Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Uruguay
2. Child Participation Chile , Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Paraguay
3. International Child Abduction Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico
Ecuador, IACHR
4. The Media and the Rights of Children Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay
5. Sexual Exploitation of Children Chile, El Salvador, Uruguay
6. Early Childhood Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay
7. Juvenile Criminal Liability Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay
IIN-OAS presence in online courses offered in the States
Financial Report
General Directorate
Promotion and Protection
Legal
Disasters
Communications
Administration
Thank you!