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Ombudswork for Children
A way of improving the position of children in society by Verhellen, E
and Spiesschaert, F.
Acco, Leuven/Amersfoort, 1989
Ombudswork for Children,
Innocenti Digest No. 1, UNICEF International Child Development Centre, Florence,
Italy, 1997
A summary of the development, legal status and functions of independent offices for
children; includes lengthy bibliography on ombudswork; individual copies available free
from: International Child Development Centre, Piazza SS Annunziata 12, 50122 Florence,
Italy; fax 39 55 244 817
Children’s ombudsmen and the promotion of
children’s rights,
Radda Barnen, Swedish Save the Children, Stockholm, Sweden, 1996
An overview of what ombuds offices for children do and how they are established, with two
case studies - Peru and Costa Rica
A Voice for Children: speaking out as their ombudsman,
Malfrid Grude Flekkoy, Jessica Kingsley, London, 1991
A detailed account of the establishment and activities of Norway’s and the
world’s first children’s ombudsman
The Ombudsman for Children and Childhood in Norway,
Norwegian Official Report, Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, Oslo, 1996
A summary in English of the conclusions of a Committee established to evaluate the office
of the children’s ombudsman after its first 12 years
Taking children seriously - a proposal for a
children’s rights commissioner,
Martin Rosenbaum and Peter Newell, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, London, 1991
Makes the case for establishing an independent office to promote children’s rights in
the UK, including detailed discussion of functions
National Human Rights Institutions, a Handbook on the
Establishment and Strengthening of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection
of Human Rights,
Professional Training Series No. 4, Centre for Human Rights, Geneva, 1995
Provides detailed guidance and UN principles for development of national institutions
Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the
Rights of the Child,
prepared by Rachel Hodgkin and Peter Newell, UNICEF, 1998
This article-by-article analysis of the implications of the Convention includes under
article 4 an analysis of the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s comments on
general measures for implementation, including development of independent offices for
children - page 51 et seq
