Latin America and the Caribbean
| REGION WIDE | November 19 - 21 | Children’s Rights Film Festival – a festival featuring films from the region and around the globe, as well as an art exhibition and an award ceremony for a regional multimedia contest for adolescents on the issue of child rights. |
| REGION WIDE | November | Books on Rights – Twelve children´s books on different rights will be included weekly in the region’s biggest newspapers |
| BARBADOS | TBC | CRC Documentary – the production of a video, "CRC, the Unfinished Agenda," on the status of children's rights in the Caribbean |
| BARBADOS | TBC | oneminutejrs - a "One Minute for my Rights" children’s media production workshop |
| BRAZIL | October 15 | Congressional Children’s Right Event - A special event on children's rights in the Brazilian congress including the participation of adolescents from the different regions of the country |
| CUBA | November | CRC Stamps – the postal service will issue a CRC@20 postal stamp to coincide with the launch of SOWC in November |
| JAMAICA | November 20 | CRC Commemorative event - UNICEF Jamaica co-hosting with the Office of the Children's Advocate, and will be releasing a report prepared for the occasion, entitled "Jamaican Children: Twenty Years after the CRC" -- a brief publication looking at the country's track record and making recommendations for the way forward. We will also use the opportunity to launch the special edition of SOWC. |
| NICARAGUA | TBC | CRC Stamps – the postal service will issue a CRC@20 postal stamp |
| PANAMA | October - December | Public Awareness Campaign - a campaign entitled “We Might be Different but We All Have the Same Rights” featuring billboards, radio and TV spots, print ads, all carried out in conjunction with civil society groups, NGOs and others |
| URUGUAY | fTBC | CRC Newspaper Supplement – a special section of El País, the country´s largest newspaper, will feature a special supplement on CRC@20, with the help of UNICEF |
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