Civil society report on Canada's implementation of the optional protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

It is intended to be an independent assessment of the realization of children’s rights in relation to the OPSC in the absence of CSO consultation by the Canadian government in preparing its first report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. [...] In Canada, the Continuing Committee of Officials on Human Rights (CCOHR) is tasked with facilitating the preparation of Canada’s report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child.1. [...] The Final Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights, Children: The Silenced Citizens, documents public concerns about the lack of transparency, the lack of public or parliamentary input in reporting and follow-up processes, and the lack of public dissemination or response to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Concluding Observations.2. [...] The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of the Child initiated the process that led to this report, by asking the International Bureau for Children’s Rights (IBCR), to lead the drafting process. [...] The International Bureau for Children’s Rights, in collaboration with UNICEF Canada, the Federal Committee Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children & Youth, and the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of the Child have assembled this alternative report to provide the Committee on the Rights of the Child with input from members of Canadian civil society, the private sector and children.