Special rapporteur on Child protection Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 1 Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 2 Achieving a human rights framework Bias based bullying ID: 482799
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Dr Geoffrey ShannonSpecial rapporteur on Child protection
Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying
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Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying
2Achieving a human rights framework
Bias based bullying
Child centred
Hope
DignityUs v’s themKinshipSlide3
Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Article 24 – the right of children to equalityInternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
3 optional protocols17 General Comments
Articles 2, 3, 6 and 12 guiding principles of the Convention
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingEuropean Convention on Human Rights
Article 3Article 8European Convention on the Exercise of Children’s Rights
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingThe EU Treaties
The Charter of Fundamental RightsArticle 24Article 52(3
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Non-discrimination
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Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying
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States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or punishment on the basis of the status, activities, expressed opinions, or beliefs of the child’s parents, legal guardians, or family members.Slide8
Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingArticle 3, CRC
General Comment No. 12General Comment No. 14
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Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying
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No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation.
The child has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.Slide10
Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingArticle 19, CRC
Such protective measures should, as appropriate, include effective procedures for the establishment of social programmes to provide necessary support of the child and for those who have the care of the child, as well as for other forms of prevention and for identification, reporting, referral, investigation, treatment and follow-up of instances of child maltreatment described heretofore, and, as appropriate, for judicial involvement.
General Comment No. 4
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingThe right to education
Article 26(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human RightsArticle 2 of the First Protocol to the ECHR
No one shall be denied the right to education
Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingChild’s right to education
Principle 7 of the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the ChildArticle 28, CRCArticle 29, CRC
Education of the child and the development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms
Vienna Declaration
UN Millennium Declaration
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingGeneral Comment No. 1
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingBullying – definitional problem
Cyber-bullying
Homophobic and transphobic bullying
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingMental health
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingLiability of schools
Anti-bullying policyCode of behaviour
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingPrevention
- whole school approach - active involvement of key stakeholders
Change attitudes
Teaching children about their human rights
Anonymity
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Human Rights Standards Related to School BullyingStrategies to support LGBT young people to remain in schools
Law and technology
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Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying19 States in United States – anti-bullying legislation
New South WalesMassachusetts
Sanction – a solution?
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Thank You For Listening
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