The Committee for the Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child invites you to a conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of the passage of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The United States and Somalia are the only countries that have not ratified the Convention.

• Learn how the Convention on the Rights of the Child impacts society’s response to the needs of children.
  
  
• Join with others to develop a strategy to support children and their families by having the United States ratify the Convention.
  
  

Conference Highlights

• Panel discussions
  
  Why Children's Rights Matter
  
  Moderator
  Dr. Creasie Finney Hairston, Dean
  Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago
  
  Legal Panelist
  Dr. Bernardine Dohrn, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director
  Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern University
  
  Social Work Panelist
  Dr. Wynne Sandra Korr, Dean
  School of Social Work University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
  Education Panelist
  Dr. Deanna M. Blackwell, Department of Education, Culture and Society
  University of Utah
  
  
  Strategies for Implementation of CRC:
  Moving from Words to Action
  
  Dr. Jeff Goldhagen, MPH, Chief, Division Community Pediatrics
  University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville
  
  Building A National Movement
  
  Ms. Linda S. Spears, Vice President,
  Policy and Public Affairs
  Child Welfare League of America
  
  
• Education , health, legal and social work workgroups
  
  
• CEUs available