IV.
Activities within the framework of the IIN mandates
IV.1.
AG/RES 1951 (XXXIII-O/03), AG/RES 1915 (XXXIII-Ooo/03)
and AG/RES 1925 (XXXIII-Ooo/03)
During
the period covered by this Report the IIN developed several activities in
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Panama
and Peru addressed to strengthening the systems for the protection of
children’s human rights on such key aspects as the monitoring of public
actions for child protection against sexual violence, the investigation of
child trafficking, child pornography on the Internet, the study of related
regulatory frameworks in force, the strengthening of national protection
systems, the design of targeted public policies for the recovery of rights
violated in child labor, sexual exploitation, children in/of the street,
drugs and disability,
face-to-face and at-distance training of planners, managers and operators
of child affairs in both the state and non governmental sectors, as well
as the management, execution and mobilization of resources for the benefit
of children. At-distance training involved professionals from more than 15
countries in the OAS system.
IV.2.
AG/RES 1951 (XXXIII-O/03): AG/RES. 1667 (XXIX-O/99)
Preparation
and presentation to the OAS Secretary General of the Fifth Report on the
Situation of Combat against Sexual Exploitation in the Member states that
allowed for collecting direct information from 25 Member states which,
added up to the four previous surveys, amount to 31 out of the 34 OAS
Member states.
IV.3.
AG/RES 1951 (XXXIII-O/03), CD/RES. 08 (78-R/03), AG/RES
1853 (XXXII-O/02) and AG/RES 1883 (XXXII-O/02)
Pursuant
to the mandate on the implementation of the Inter-American Program on the
Rights of Women and Gender Equity and Equality, as well as on the
inclusion of gender perspective in the IIN programs and projects, a
training process was undertaken in 2003 for the integration of the human
right and the gender perspectives that resulted in a series of
face-to-face and at-distance courses encompassed in a Seminar on “Human
Rights, Gender, Children and Citizenship” addressed to child program
managers and operators. Two of such seminars took place in 2004 with a
great success.
IV.4. AG/RES 1951 (XXXIII-O/03), CD/RES.
08 (76-R/01) and CD/RES. 14 (76-R/01), CD/RES.
11 (78-R/03)
Preparation
and promotion of Prototypes of Targeted Public Policies on Child Labor,
Sexual Exploitation, Disability, and Drug Prevention as per the following
details:
IV.4.1.
Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor
In
2002 the IIN started implementing the Prototype of Targeted Public Policy
(TARGETED PUBLIC POLICIES) in connection with Article 32 in the Convention
on the Rights of the Child, within the framework of the Project funded by
the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Follows the
description of the progress achieved in those countries where the IIN
worked during the period covered by this Report.
Uruguay
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Participation
as advisory body in the meetings of the National Committee for the
Eradication of Child Labor (CETI).
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Institutional
strengthening of the CETI aimed to the consolidation of the National
Plan of Action on Child Labor.
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Recruitment
of the Coordinator of the National Plan of Action on Child Labor of
the CETI, as an advisor to the IIN.
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Management
and funding of the CETI Web site: www.cetinf.org
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Participation
in resource mobilization strategies for the Plan of Action.
Panama
-
Fourth
Follow-up Mission to review the 2003 agenda provided for in the
Plans of Action of the Targeted Public Policies on Child Labor,
Sexual Exploitation and Children in/of the Street in Panama,
accomplished in December 2003 for training purposes on the
mobilization of resources for such plans. Counterpart: Ministerio
de la Juventud, la Mujer, la Niñez y la Familia (MINJUMNFA)
(Ministry of Youth, Women, Children and the Family).
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Development
of local consulting at the end of the term of office of the
MINJUMNFA Director for Children and contact development with the new
governmental authorities.
-
Visit
to the new governmental authorities in order to explore the
feasibility of maintaining IIN cooperation – December 2004.
Paraguay
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Negotiation
Mission vis-à-vis the new authorities of the Secretaría Nacional de la Niñez y la Adolescencia (SNNA) (National
Secretariat for Children) – February 2004.
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Workshop
on the SNNA Institutional Strengthening with a view to its
consolidation as the governing entity of Targeted Public Policies
– June 2004.
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Follow-up
Workshop on the SNNA Institutional Operational Plan – August 2004.
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Support
to the SNNA on the occasion of the fire at the Ycuá Bolaños
Supermarket where 200 children died.
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Follow-up
of the activities post Ycuá Bolaños and the SNNA institutional
strengthening – October 2004.
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Cooperation
for the Design and Introduction of the National Child Protection
System and the 2005-2006 SNNA Institutional Operational Plan –
December 2004.
IV.4.2.
Prevention and Eradication of Child Sexual Exploitation
MERCOSUR,
Bolivia and Chile
The
Project on Child Trafficking, Child Pornography on the Internet and
Regulatory Frameworks for the MERCOSUR, Bolivia and Chile was jointly
undertaken with the Embassy of the United States to Uruguay. Two
international workshops took place in March, three surveys were conducted
in each of the above mentioned countries between May and August, and a
Final Conference was held in September 2004.
A
special Project Web site was created containing all the relevant
documents: www.iintpi.net
The
Final Conference of the Project was held in September 2004 and consisted
of the presentation of national surveys and the three IIN sub-regional
reports. A Model Standard on criminal and procedural issues related to the
project subject-matter was also presented.
The
Proceedings of the Conference were published in both hard copy and
magnetic file, and were published in the Project and IIN Web pages.
Uruguay
The Second At-distance Education Seminar on “Integral
Care of Victims of Sexual Violence and Exploitation” was held in
October-December 2003 with the participation of more than 20 professionals
from both state and civil society entities in ten OAS Member countries.
The above mentioned
activities are framed in the intervention proposed in the Targeted Public
Policies for the victims of sexual exploitation to recover their violated
rights.
This work was jointly
accomplished with the Instituto de
la Niñez y la Adolescencia del Uruguay (Uruguayan Child Institute)
and was closely related to the creation of the
Comité Nacional de Prevención y Erradicación de la Explotación Sexual
de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes (CONAPES) (National Committee for the
Prevention and Eradication of Child Sexual Exploitation. The IIN was also
part of this Committee as a permanent advisor, as provided for in the
relevant Executive Act of the Uruguay Government.
IV.4.3.
Drug Prevention and Promotion of Mental Health
In
connection with the Prototype of Targeted Public Policy related to Article
33 in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the IIN focused on the
training area. Training was developed at the IIN Web site where the Third
Course on “Introduction to Child Public Policies for Drug Prevention”
was published between November 2003 and October 2004, with the
participation of professionals from state and civil society entities in
OAS Member States.
The
PRODER Academic Component allowed for completing the first part of the
Specialization Program on Drug Prevention, resulting in 18 Uruguayan
graduated professionals, while also developing the Master Degree Program
on Child Public Policies on Drug Prevention together with the CLAEH
University Institute in Uruguay. This Specialization Program is now in the
process of completion in Panama, together with the Universidad
Católica Santa María la Antigua and the Universidad
Mayor de San Simón in Bolivia.
The
second part of the Specialization Program on Drug Prevention was developed
in 2004 together with the CLAEH
University Institute in Uruguay, as per the following details:
CLAEH University Institute – Uruguay
SPECIALIZATION
CERTIFICATE
Face-to-face
Seminars
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Family Therapy on Drug Addiction – February
– one credit
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Thesis Methodology – March 2004 – two credits
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Introduction to Drug Addiction – April–May 2004 – two credits
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Psychological aspects of Alcohol and Drug Consumption – May-June
2004 – one credit
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Family and Drug Addiction – June-July 2004 – two credits
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Primary Drug Prevention – July-August 2004 – two credits
-
Secondary and Tertiary Drug Prevention – August-September 2004
– two credits
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Statistics – September-October 2004 – one credit
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Project
Design and Assessment – October 2004 – one credit
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Research
Methodology I – September 2004 (intensive) – two credits
-
Project
Design and Assessment – October 2004 – one credit
-
Therapeutic
Methods II – Gestalt – December 2004 (intensive) – one credit
-
Therapeutic
Methods IV – Cognitive – December 2004 (intensive) – one credit
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Prevention
Practice – September 2004 – three credits
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Treatment
and Rehabilitation Practice – October 2004 – three credits
At-distance
Seminars
-
Introduction to Drug Addiction – two credits
-
Psychological aspects of Alcohol and Drug Consumption – one
credit
-
Family and Drug Addiction – two credits
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Primary Drug Prevention – 2 credits
-
Strategic Planning and Institutional Strengthening – two credits
-
Evolution of the Health Concept and Risk Approach – one credit
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Thesis Methodology – two credits
-
Strategic Planning and Institutional Strengthening – two credits
CLAEH
University Institute – Uruguay
MASTER
DEGREE
Face-to-face
Seminars
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Thesis Methodology – March 2004 - two credits
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Evolution
of Drug Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Policies, Plans and
Programs in the Americas – April 2004 - two
credits
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Toxicology
of Abused Drugs – May-June 2004 – two credits
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Child
Public Policies and National Child Systems – July 2004 – one credit
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Prevention
Methodologies and Techniques – August
2004 - two credits
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Child Protection in the Framework of Human Rights –
September 2004 - one credit
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The
Therapeutic Community – October 2004 – two credits
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Negotiation Strategies – November 2004 – one credit
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Policy
Design and Analysis – December 2004 – two credits
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Research
on Drug Addiction II – September 2004 (intensive) – two credits
At-distance
Seminars
-
Thesis Methodology – two credits
USMA
– Panama
Face-to-face
Seminars
-
Secondary and Tertiary Drug Prevention – February 2004 – two
credits
At-distance
Seminars
-
Introduction to Drug Addiction – two credits
-
The Evolution of the Health Concept and the Risk Approach – one
credit
-
Psychological Aspects of Alcohol and Drug Consumption – one
credit
-
Primary Drug Prevention – two
credits
-
Strategic Planning and Institutional Strengthening – 2 credits
UMSS
– Bolivia
At-distance Seminars
-
Strategic Planning and Institutional Strengthening –
two credits
International
At-distance Seminars offered at the IIN Web Page:
-
Introduction to Child Public Policies for Drug Prevention – First
semester 2004
-
Integral Care of Victims of Sexual Exploitation – First semester
2004
-
Integral Care of Children with Different Capabilities – Second
semester 2004
-
Gender, Children and Citizenship – Second semester 2004
IV.4.4.
Educational and Social Integration-Inclusion of Children with Disabilities
The
Prototype of Targeted Public Policy applied to Article 23 in the
Convention on the Rights of the Child has been developed in Uruguay since
2002 together with the Mesa
Interinstitucional sobre Niñez con Capacidades Diferentes (MINCAD) (Inter-institutional
Group on Children with Different Capabilities). A series of activities of
training on and dissemination of the prototype took place in such context.
Among them, mention should be made of the face-to-face and at-distance
seminar on the “Integral Care of Children with Different
Capabilities.” The second at-distance version of this seminar has
already taken place at the IIN Web page in the period covered by this
Report. The same seminar was held on a face-to-face basis in July 2004 in
Lima, Peru, jointly organized with the Ministerio
de la Mujer y del Desarrollo Social (MIMDES) (Ministry for Women and
Social Development) and CONADIS.
Also
in connection with the Prototype relevant to Article 23 in the Convention
and pursuant to Resolution CD/RES. 10 (78-R/03) of the IIN
Directing Council,
the Third Sub-regional Workshop on Public Policies for the Educational and
Social Inclusion of Children with Different Capabilities was developed in
Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. It was organized by the IIN together with
MIMDES and CONADIS with the participation of the three countries of the
Andean sub-region and more than 40 professionals from state and civil
society entities. Its purpose was to become acquainted with the status of
this issue in the region and to inform on the progress achieved by the IIN
on the application of the Prototype of Targeted Public Policy and Article
23 in the Convention. The experts from the sub-region approved a
Declaration which is available at the IIN Web page.
IV.5
AG/RES 1951 (XXXIII-O/03), AG/RES. 1787 (XXXI-O/01), CD/RES.
12 (78-R/03)
IIN interventions in the English-speaking
Caribbean
The Project on Child Policies for Drug Prevention
continued developing in 2004 with the support and coordination of the
Government of Suriname. Due to the lack of funding in that period
activities were restricted to face-to-face (in the Caribbean countries)
and at-distance training (at the Web site managed and coordinated by the
IIN) which resulted in the training of more than 100 professionals in the
region on the IIN methodology, as well as in the awarding of four Academic
Certificates as “Drug
Prevention Educator (DPE).”
On
its part, the IIN has funded and updated the project Web site: www.cariin.org
IV.6
AG/RES. 2050 (XXXIV - O/04) Combating the Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Smuggling of and
Trafficking in Children in the Hemisphere
Additionally to the Project
on Child Trafficking, Child Pornography on the Internet and Regulatory
Frameworks for the MERCOSUR, Bolivia and Chile jointly organized with the
Embassy of the United States to Uruguay and its reports published in the
project Web site: www.iintpi.net,
a consultation was made to the other 28 OAS Member states in order to
prepare the Report entrusted to the Institute, which was submitted to the
OAS Permanent Council on 10 December, 2004.
IV.7
AG/RES. 1915 (XXXIII-O/03) Participation of Civil Society
Pursuant to the above
mentioned resolution on the Deepening and Strengthening of Civil Society
Participation in OAS Activities which has been reaffirmed through such
specific national coordination mechanisms as National Dialogue for
Children resulting from a Peruvian initiative in 2002 and noted in
Resolution CD/RES. 03 (78- R/03), the IIN has kept deepening the
cooperation and interaction links with entities and organizations of the
so-called civil society with the conviction that such action guidelines
are an effective contribution to the mainstreaming of the material and
human resources available, the involvement of the social body in the
empowerment of change process, and an opening to public scrutiny, thus
creating networking and links that allow for Transparency and Promotion of
Confidence and Security in the Americas, as reflected in the essence of
resolution AG/RES. 1967 (XXXIII-O/03).
In such sense, the IIN has
concluded specific agreements with a varied scope and purpose and has
participated in joint activities with several civil society institutions,
entities and organizations.
IV.8 AG/RES. 1919
(XXXIII-O/03) Indigenous Peoples
Pursuant to resolution
AG/RES. 1919 (XXXIII-O/03) on the American Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples the IIN has been particularly thorough as to the
contents of the dissemination and promotion material on children’s
rights (books and videos), emphasizing ethnic and racial plurality in all
cases.
The IIN participated in
seminars and fora through presentations on “Child Racial and Ethnic
Discrimination” and prepared a document entitled “Considerations on
the Rights of Children from Indigenous Peoples” aimed to promote a
deeper thinking on this issue.
IV.9 AG/RES. 1925, 1948 and
1951 (XXXIII-O/03) Systems for the Protection of Children’s Rights
The IIN Programs have
adjusted all their activities to paragraph 18 of the Plan of Action of the
Summit of the Americas 2001 on “Children and Youth” establishing that
“(…) In
order to protect and promote children's rights, develop and implement
inter‑sector policies and programs, which may include the promotion
of civil registration of all children, and allocate appropriate resources
to undertake these tasks; establish and support cooperation amongst states
as well as with civil society and young people to ensure effective
implementation and monitoring of children's rights, including
country‑appropriate indicators of the health, development, and
well‑being of children, and through sharing best practices on
reporting through national reports by States Parties to the Convention on
the Rights of the Child (…)”,
in conformity with resolutions AG/RES. 1925 (XXXIII-O/03) on the
Strengthening of Human Rights System Pursuant to the Plan of Action of the
Third Summit of the Americas, AG/ RES. 1948 (XXXIII-O/03) on Fighting the
Crime of Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women, Adolescents and
Children, and AG/ RES. 1951 (XXIII-O/03) on the Promotion and Protection
of the Human Rights of Children in the Americas.
IV.10 AG/RES. 1927
(XXXIII-O/03) Conflict with the Law
In connection with this
resolution on the Study of the Rights and the Care of Persons Under Any
Form of Detention and Imprisonment the IIN has mainly focused on the
situation of adolescent and juvenile sectors by developing such
dissemination and awareness-raising actions as the presentation on “The
Situation of Imprisoned Adolescent Parents” (PROJUR).
A seminar on “the best caring practices for youth in conflict
with the law” and the systematization of the relevant regulatory
framework were also organized in coordination with the highest child
authorities in the several countries in the region (Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua).
IV.11 AG/RES. 1957
(XXXIII-O/03) Construction of Democracy
This resolution on the
Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy: Follow-up to the Inter-American
Democratic Charter received a prompt response from the IIN Information
Program through the production for mass dissemination of a video on the
Democratic Charter with the cooperation of the OAS Unit for the Promotion
of Democracy (UPD) and also the design of an illustrated child book on the
Democratic Charter.
IV.12 AG/RES. 1958
(XXXIII-O/03) International Abduction
Paragraph 18 –“Children
and Youth” – in the Plan of Action of the 2001 Summit of the Americas
called for “(…) Encourage
cooperation to reduce cases of international abduction of children by one
of their parents
(…)” had a response in resolution AG/ RES. 1958 (XXXIII-O/03) on the
Inter-American Program of Cooperation to Prevent and Remedy Cases of
International Abduction of Children by One of their Parents.
IV.13 AG/RES. 1951
(XXXIII-O/03) Communication and Coordination between the IIN and the IACD
As provided for in
paragraph 6 in this resolution concerning communication and coordination
between the IIN and the IACD, the Inter-American Children’s Institute
coordinated with the Agency such actions as the Project for the
English-speaking Caribbean undertaken in 1998 and funded by CIDI (with
resources directly managed by the IIN at that time). Later on, the IACD
regulations established that bilateral or multilateral projects should be
submitted by the Member states and not by specialized organization such as
the IIN. In order to provide for the sustainability of the regional
project for the English-speaking Caribbean, the Government of Suriname
offered on two occasions to submit this multilateral Project to the IACD,
a fact which –as noted by the Director General’s Office– implies a
remarkable generosity and solidarity. The IIN expects to establish even
closer cooperation links with the IACD allowing for a more fluent
management of child-related projects promoted by the IIN in the Americas.
IV.14 AG/RES. 1961
(XXXIII-O/03) Pan American Child Congress
Bearing
in mind this resolution, supplemented by resolutions CD/ RES. 19 (78-R/03)
and CD/ RES. 05 (E/03) concerning the Nineteenth Pan American Child
Congress, section VIII provides a detailed information on the
organization of the highest child continental forum, now declared as an
Inter-American Specialized Conference.
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