Lebanese children submit first child-led report to UN
“In our Children’s Council in Marjeyoun we decided to research about cluster bombs and landmines and how this situation affects the lives of children in Lebanon,” said Joelle, 13. “We live in fear of cluster bombs and this causes psychological problems and lack of freedom of movement in our villages. This is violence against children”.
“We decided to write about street children in the report,” said Kassem, 14. “We put ourselves in the place of street children and it is a terrible situation that no child wants to live in.”
We live in fear of cluster bombs and this causes psychological problems and lack of freedom of movement in our villages. This is violence against children In the report, children also highlighted issues such child labour, children with no identification/unregistered at birth, children with disabilities and violence against children.
“This activity was very good because we talked about child rights and we learned how children can help other children when their rights are violated,” said Hydar, 14. “We are very concerned about working children.”
Conducted as part of World Vision’s project “Children make their voices heard to the United Nations”, the initiative aims to give children the opportunity to write with their own words a report on child rights and submit it to the UN.
We are committed to children who expressed that they seldom have the chance to express their opinions and to be listened to World Vision believes that this project plays a critical role in giving a voice to children and provides a platform for lobbying for the inclusion of child rights in the governmental agenda and mobilising and educating children on their rights.
“We clearly identify child participation and the principles outlined in article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a pivotal component in our advocacy initiatives,” said Patricio Cuevas-Parra, World Vision Lebanon Advocacy Manager.
“We are committed to children who expressed that they seldom have the chance to express their opinions and to be listened to. Children articulated great appreciation for the opportunity to participate and to influence their communities and peers and to contribute to a more just society,”
The report submitted to the United Nations will be part of a final UNHRC report called the “Stakeholder Report”.
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“We decided to write about street children in the report,” said Kassem, 14. “We put ourselves in the place of street children and it is a terrible situation that no child wants to live in.”
We live in fear of cluster bombs and this causes psychological problems and lack of freedom of movement in our villages. This is violence against children In the report, children also highlighted issues such child labour, children with no identification/unregistered at birth, children with disabilities and violence against children.
“This activity was very good because we talked about child rights and we learned how children can help other children when their rights are violated,” said Hydar, 14. “We are very concerned about working children.”
Conducted as part of World Vision’s project “Children make their voices heard to the United Nations”, the initiative aims to give children the opportunity to write with their own words a report on child rights and submit it to the UN.
We are committed to children who expressed that they seldom have the chance to express their opinions and to be listened to World Vision believes that this project plays a critical role in giving a voice to children and provides a platform for lobbying for the inclusion of child rights in the governmental agenda and mobilising and educating children on their rights.
“We clearly identify child participation and the principles outlined in article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a pivotal component in our advocacy initiatives,” said Patricio Cuevas-Parra, World Vision Lebanon Advocacy Manager.
“We are committed to children who expressed that they seldom have the chance to express their opinions and to be listened to. Children articulated great appreciation for the opportunity to participate and to influence their communities and peers and to contribute to a more just society,”
The report submitted to the United Nations will be part of a final UNHRC report called the “Stakeholder Report”.
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