The most profound need of every child and every person is to know that someone cares him/her and is his/her life, and to be loved in a unique, personal, individual and continuous way.
Sharing life with children implies guaranteeing and safeguarding their rights. It also implies helping the child to develop individual awareness, self-determination ability, positive relationships and solidarity with others.
The Association has developed different forms of interventions throughout the years. Some of these forms have been widely experimented and can be considered to be ‘exportable models of intervention’ which can be implemented in different parts of the world.
Such interventions are:
The Association “Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII” promotes the best interest of the child, according to the Convention of the rights of the child (CRC) and defends the rights to life since conception, to have a family, to education, to health, to active partecipation, and so forth..
Position Papers on the Right of the Child
The Association is on the forefront in the promotion of the rights of children in a comprehensive approach: family, education, life, and health.
- Position Paper on the Right to Education
- Position Paper on the Right to Family
- Position Paper on the Right to Life
United Nations Links
Documents
2020
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Education of children with disabilities in France - Written Report submitted by Apg23 at the 87th Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Committee of the Rights of the Child. - annex
2019
- 40th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council, (25 February - 22 march 2019)
- Empowering children with disability in their right to life and right to health
- Inclusive education: the experience of the School of Gratuitousness - Written statement and Oral statement
- Written and oral statements submitted by APG23 at the annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child “Empowering children with disabilities for the enjoyment of their human rights, including through inclusive education.”
2018
- Maternal Surrogacy: a violation of fundamental human rights - Written statement and Joint Oral statement presented presented by Apg23 and other NGO's at the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
2017
- Unaccompanied migrant children and human right joint oral statement presented by Apg23 and other NGO's at the Interactive Dialogue with the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee at the 36th Human Rights council regular session about the phenomenon of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents.
2016
- Contribution of Association "Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII" to the CMW-CRC Joint General Comment on the human rights of children in the context of international migration
Written statement of APG23 to CMW-CRC joint general comment - The commercial maternal surrogacy violates human dignity - Joint written statement and joint oral statement submitted by APG23 at the 31° Human Right Council regular session. - Video
- Unaccompanied migrant children and their human rights. - Written statement and join oral statement submitted by APG23 at the 33rd Human Right Council about the study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
2015
- Children are not for sale - Joint oral statement presented by Apg23 and other NGO's at the 28th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council - March 2015, about note of the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
2014
- Commercial Maternal Surrogacy amounts to sale of children (ENG) - Joint Oral statement submitted by Apg23 and other NGO at the 25th regular session of the Human Rights Council - Geneva, 3 - 28 March 2014. See also the video
2013
- The justiciability of the right to education (ENG) - Joint written statement submitted by Apg23 and other NGO at the 23rd regular session of the Human Rights Council - Geneva, 27 May - 14 June 2013.
- The Full Enjoyment of the Right to Health for Children Living with HIV or HIV-TB co-Infection (ENG) - Joint written statement submitted by Apg23 and other NGO at the 22nd regular session of the Human Rights Council - Geneva, 25 February - 22 March 2013
- Paediatric HIV prevention treatment and social determinants of health - Joint statement submitted by Apg23 and other NGO at the 22nd regular session of the Human Rights Council - Geneva, 25 February - 22 March 2013 -
- Written statement (ENG)
- Oral statement (ENG)
2012
- The Rights of All Children in the Context of International Migration (ENG)
Written Statement submitted by the APG23 at the 59th CRC's Day of General Discussion (Geneva, 28 September 2012) - CRC General Comment on right to health - APG23 contribution (ENG)
Contribution of Apg23 to the CRC General Comment on Children's Right to health
2011
- Children of Imprisoned Parent (ENG)
Written Statement submitted by the APG23 at the 58th CRC's Day of General Discussion (Geneva, 30 September 2011) - Right to Education and Most Vulnerable Children (ENG)
Written Statement submitted by the APG23 at the High Level Segment 2011 (Geneva, 4-7 Luglio 2011) - Restoring Dignity of Children Living and/or Working on the Street. Recommendations drawn from a grassroots experience (ENG)
Written Statement submitted by the APG23 at the 16th session of the Human Rights Council - Annual Full Day Meeting on the Rights of the Child (Geneva, 28 February - 25 March 2011) - The right to education of children living and/or working on the street (ENG)
Joint Written Statement cosigned by APG23 and other NGOs, submitted at the16th session of the Human Rights Council - (Geneva, 22 February 2011) - Preventing the Phenomenon of Children Living and-or Working on the Street (ENG)
Joint Written Statement promoted by APG23 and co-signed by other NGOs, submitted at the 16th session of the Human Rights Council - Annual Full Day Meeting on the Rights of the Child (Geneva, 28 February - 25 March 2011)
2010
- A matter of urgency: preventing violence against children (ENG)
Intervention of the APG23 at the 13th session of the Human Rights Council (Geneva, 1-26 March 2010). - Access to medicine for children living with HIV and HIV/TB coinfection (ENG)
Intervention of the APG23 co-signed by other NGOS at the 13th session of the Human Rights Council (Geneva, 1-26 March 2010).
2004-2009
- The roots for the full development of the child lie within the family (ENG)
Intervention of the APG23 co-signed by other NGOS at the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - October 2009 - Relevance of early HIV testing in severe malnourished children (ENG)
Intervention of the APG23 at the VI African regional conference on child abuse and neglect - Addis Abeba, Etiopia - 4-6 May 2009. - The right of the child to education in emergency situations (ENG)
Intervention of the APG23 at the CRC's Day of General Discussion - September 2008 - Children without parental care (ENG)
Intervention of the APG23 at the CRC's Day of General Discussion - September 2005 - Implementing Child Rights in Early Childhood (ENG)
Intervention of the APG23 at the CRC's Day of General Discussion - September 2004
News
26 September 2016
Tuesday, September 20 at the 33rd session of Human Right Council the Advisory Committee presented his thematic report (A /HRC/33/53 /E) which provided a first reading to the unaccompanied migrant children growi...
21 March 2016
The APG23 office in Geneva in this Human Rights Council (31st regular session of the currently ongoing and will end March 24) wanted to defend children's rights and the dignity of being a mother taking a fi...
25 January 2013
Parallel event on pediatric HIV at the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council
As preparations were being made for the holding of the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, organizations conc...
11 March 2011
Side Event at the 16th Human Rights Council
With the co-sponsorship of the Permanent Missions of Italy, Zambia, Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay, and the Holy See
The 11th of march 2011, The Association Comun...
16 June 2010
Side event at the 14th Human Right Council
During the 14th session of Human Rights Council, the “Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII” organised a side event co-sponsored by Caritas I...
16 June 2010
Side event at the 14th Human Right Council
During the 14th session of Human Rights Council, the “Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII” organised a side event co-sponsored by...
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