Campaign Objectives To build a civil society movement around ending the immigration detention of children To convince political leaders and stakeholders that children should not to be in immigration detention ID: 263009
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Here’s what’s happened so far…Slide3
Campaign Objectives
To build a civil society movement around ending the immigration detention of children
To convince political leaders and stakeholders that children should not to be in immigration detention
To urge governments to undertake legal, policy and practical action not to detain children
To support the development of international legal frameworks which ensure that children and their families are not detained for migration related reasonsSlide4
1.
Free
Children should under no circumstances be detained. Liberty is a fundamental human right.
2. Treated as childrenChildren are, first and foremost, children and should be treated in full accordance with international law regarding child rights.
3. Looked after
The best interest of the child must be the primary consideration in any action that a State might take in relation to a child. 4. In the communityStates should transpose into their respective legislation and practice an end to the detention of children for migration reasons and seek to develop appropriate community placement models. 5. With their parentsConsistent with the principles of family unity, the parents or primary care-givers should not be detained, but should be allowed to live in the community setting with their children, while having their status assessed. Unaccompanied or separated children should be appointed an independent guardian.
Campaign position:
Children should be…Slide5
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he
Campaign has been formally endorsed by 80
organisations
including OHCHR, UNHCR, UNICEF Amnesty International, APT and the Jesuit Refugee Service.Slide6
In Europe,
it has been endorsed by
:
Salusbury
world Refugee CentreBail for Immigration DetaineesAVID (Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees) Medact Refugee Health Network
End Child Detention
Now UK
Asylum WelcomeAditus foundationHungarian Helsinki CommitteeFrance terre d'asileJRS InternationalPlatform Minors in Exile-Platform Kinderen op de
Vlucht-Palte-forme
Mineurs
en ExilLigue des droits de l'Homme (Belgique francophone)
Campaign endorsementsSlide7
Research
Launched with the campaign
Interviews with 70 detained children from 11 countries
Practical model- CCAP
Availiable
at
www.idcoalition.org
/ccapSlide8
Campaign toolsSlide9Slide10Slide11Slide12Slide13
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% of those
signatures are
from Europe
The majority of those are from Belgium and the UKSlide14
The invisible picture showSlide15
It had
launches in Mexico, South Africa, Malta, Malaysia, Finland and it was nominated for an innovation award in the Sheffield Film Festival.
It
also had a social media launch in Greece
.
We continue to use this resource at high-level UN events as well
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Country focus months
The idea:
cluster targeted national activities
brings together civil society
allows for media coverageperfect for stepping up government engagement opportunity to platform detention visits, report launches and other activities
The countries have been chosen based on :
regional balance
member baseconcern around child detentionthe likelihood of changeSlide17
Country focus months
The campaign has held focus months in:
Mexico
Australia
South AfricaMalaysiaGreece !!Slide18Slide19
Greek Focus MonthSlide20
Malaysia Focus MonthSlide21
Case Study: MalaysiaSlide22
Case Study: MalaysiaSlide23Slide24
Case Study: MalaysiaSlide25Slide26Slide27
Campaign endorsementSlide28
Campaign endorsementSlide29
Campaign Support: profileSlide30
Campaign Support: newsletterSlide31
Campaign Support: digital
Facebook: End Immigration Detention of Children
Twitter: @
childdetention
Vimeo: End Child DetentionSlide32
Key Questions
Would you like to run
some campaign
activites
in your community? Do you have a group of committed individuals and organisations with the time to run a focus month?Slide33
Key Questions
What do you believe is going to convince decision makers to make change?
-> this should lead the the main ‘ask’ of the campaign, which can help design events around the focus monthSlide34
Key Questions
-Action items: where to from here?