UNICEF research reveals critical insights about how children are growing up in Canada and provides evidence-based directions for action.

Not There Yet: Canada's implementation of the general measures of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Best Interests of the Child: meaning and application in Canada

UNICEF Report Card Series

UNICEF's publications are essential resources and reference documents for using the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its optional protocols to achieve the rights of children everywhere.

The Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Fully revised third edition in PDF format). This Handbook provides a detailed record and analysis of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. There are Implementation Checklists for each article. The Handbook includes the two Optional Protocols to the Convention, and their guidelines for reporting.

UNICEF publications on the Convention on the Rights of the Child:

Law Reform and the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Reforming Child Law in South Africa: Budgeting and implementation planning

General Comments of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, including CD with Concluding Observations in Europe and Central Asia

The General Measures of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: The Process in Europe and Central Asia

Summary Report of the Study on the Impact of the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Resource mobilization in low-income countries

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Three essays on the challenge of implementation

Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Resource mobilization and the obligations of the States Parties