The Inter-State Task Force on the Rights of the Child is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a special working conference. The meeting, from 13 to 16 May on Bonaire, will serve as a moment to
The Commission’s communication on the future of the Community’s external relations is intended to provide an opportunity for reflection on the results achieved and for a review of the objectives of the Community’s external relations.
Task force. An important element of this is the joint elaboration of the strategic framework.
The conference will focus on the action plans and cooperation agreements between the
six islands based on the strategy for the period 2023-2028. This includes the strategic
The objectives are drawn up on the basis of the priorities set out in the Memorandum of
MoU signed by the countries and public bodies in October 2023 on Curaçao. The MoU marks an extension of the first MoU, which was signed in 2018.
Over the past 10 years, the Inter-State Task Force on the Rights of the Child has
In the UK, the six islands in the Caribbean have achieved tangible results. Some
Examples of this are the signing of the Covenant for the implementation of a strategic
2 plan that promotes and implements cooperation through the Youth and Family Centre in Aruba.
The active participation of young people in the development of Bonaire’s new youth policy,
the establishment of a youth platform in Curaçao, the launch of the Children’s Telephone on Saba, the
introduction of a nursery shop on St. Eustatius and the development of an educational programme on St. March
On the task force
The history of the Intergovernmental Task Force on the Rights of the Child goes back to the
Kingdom Conference held in Aruba on 2 April 2014. At this conference, the political groups endorsed the We believe that every child in the kingdom has a right to a good childhood. This is in the
International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Kingdom Conference led to the
The European Parliament has adopted a number of resolutions on the situation of children in the European Union.
The European Union is committed to promoting the rights of the child and the implementation of children’s rights in the United Kingdom.
the child in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. The Task Force shall be composed of:
Youth and family representatives from Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis Eustatius, St. Louis, and the rest of the world. March,
and representatives of the Ministries of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) and
Health, welfare and sport (HWS). UNICEF Netherlands is the adviser to the Taskforce.A