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The UN Guidelines for Alternative Care of Children adopted in 2009 provides a framework for governments to acknowledge and deliver alternative care to children growing up without adequate parental care. [17]
In 2012 they were commissioned by the International Social Service to produce the “Moving Forward” handbook which is the official handbook to accompany the implementation of the UN Guidelines on Alternative Care, which aims to embed children’s rights in alternative care provision. [8]
The United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) is a partnership, established in 2011, between several UN entities and other organizations. The partnership aims to increase the effectiveness of the work efforts by its partners for disability inclusion in conformance with the CRPD.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings. Drafted by a UN committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was accepted by the General Assembly as Resolution 217 during its third session on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. [1] Of ...
Concern related to the violation of the CRPD's articles led to a United Nations General Day of Discussion, which further led to the UN guidelines on the Alternative Care of children in 2009.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (commonly abbreviated as the CRC or UNCRC) is an international human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. [4] The convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is ...
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development ( UNRISD) is "an autonomous research institute within the United Nations that undertakes multidisciplinary research and policy analysis on the social dimensions of contemporary development issues". [1] [2] UNRISD was established in 1963 with the mandate of conducting policy-relevant ...
Because of the uncertain nature of various alternative therapies and the wide variety of claims different practitioners make, alternative medicine has been a source of vigorous debate, even over the definition of "alternative medicine". [1] [2] Dietary supplements, their ingredients, safety, and claims, are a continual source of controversy. [3] In some cases, political issues, mainstream ...