HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 25 (acn) Cuban civil society organizations stressed in Geneva the Island´s work towards the protection and promotion of the rights of children and adolescents during a panel that ran parallel to the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva.
Some of the issues raised during the panel included the work to set an average age for certain legal relations, including labor, political participation, penal and civil responsibilities.
The Cuban representatives also referred to the international instruments signed by the Caribbean nation, and mechanisms favoring the participation of children and adolescents in decisions that affect their interests.
The use of information and communication technologies in the current context and their impact on the development of children was also high on the agenda of the panel.
And particular reference was made to the over-50-year US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba as a major obstacle against the rights of the Cuban people to development, including the children.
The panel was made up of representatives of the Cuban National Jurists´ Union, the Cuban Women´s Federation and the Cuban United Nations Organization.
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