Date: 21 - 25 November 2005
Location: Lima, Peru

The Second World Congress on Childhood and Adolescence's Rights will take place in
November in Peru; it will focus on "Children and Adolescents' citizenship: their
rights' requirement from the approach of human rights and development".

Children and adolescents' citizenship is a source of many debates in several
academic disciplines. Thus it generates opportunities for children to express their
own self-perception as holder of rights and responsibilities. This is a path for
participation in the society that they belong to and in which they play their role
in the psychological, social, cultural, economic and as well juridical contexts.

Therefore, the discourse on citizenship starting from early childhood puts an
emphasis not only on political rights but also civil, social, economic and cultural
rights, allowing children to claim for the fulfilment of these rights. The objective
of this Congress is to create an opportunity to exchange experiences which could
offer guidelines for an integral intervention pointing to the real fulfilment of
children's rights.

The Congress is organised jointly by the Congreso de la República del Perú, the
Comisión Nacional por los Derechos de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes, COMETA
(Compromiso desde la Infancia y Adolescencia), IFEJANT (Instituto de Formación para
Educadores de Jóvenes, Adolescentes y Niños Trabajadores de América Latina y el
Caribe) and the Fundación ANAR.[Source: CRIN]

For more information, contact:
Flora Chalco, IFEJANT
Jr. Tomás Guido 257, Lima 14 (Lince), Perú
Tel: + 51 1 2655160; Tel: + 51 1 2661227
Email: iicongresomundialinfanciaperu@yahoo.com
Website for adults: http://www.iicongresomundialdeinfancia.org 
Website for children: http://www.iicongresomundialnna.org