Child Rights Governance

“I used to believe, the only way to discipline children is to beat them”

Every parent is eager to see his or her child grow up to be responsible, compassionate, trustworthy, and kind. And Mamtaz Begum is no different.  She wants to see her children as confident, kind and successful. But like most other people she used to think strict parenting produces better-behaved kids.

To promote good governance, one of the priorities for Save the Children is to ensure that the government listens to children’s views and prioritises child rights in public decisions, including resource decisions.

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-sessions were introduced in 2012, with the dual aim. Firstly, to create a platform for the civil society to directly advocate to government delegations in advance of the UPR session and secondly, to update diplomatic delegations on countries’ human rights situation.