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The imminent execution of Saman Nasim, who was arrested in 2011 at the age of 17 for armed activities, has been scheduled for 19 February 2015. Despite a ban on the execution of child offenders in international law, Iran has executed 31 child offenders since 2010.  

China announced that it would withdraw its proposal to withhold the names of countries that stall the application process of NGOs apply for ECOSOC status.

Last year, nearly 60 percent of children interviewed by the UNHCR said they had fled abroad because they feared being recruited or faced harm at the hands of armed groups.

“To millions of victims of forced labour in Uzbekistan, the bank has said that despite recognising the relationship between their plight and its loans, it is not worth investigating.” (Umida Niyazova, director of the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights)

The Child Rights International Network (CRIN) is looking for a Russian-speaking Communications and Research Intern to...

Mohammed Taeiman died this week on a remote Yemeni road, a casualty of a US drone campaign against the local branch of al Qaeda.

Treatment is needed for 35 to 40 percent of Gaza’s million children who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder after the 50-day conflict.

Most of the the children were trafficked away from their impoverished parents in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in exchange for 5,000 rupees ($80) as payment.

Today 280 boys returned home as part of an agreement to demobolise 3000 children over the next few weeks.

[20 January 2015] – Women and children make up the vast majority of the latest wave of refugees fleeing violence in...

Somalia's ratification of the UNCRC leaves the United States and South Sudan as the only States yet to ratify the treaty. 

Findings show that while indigenous women are significantly over-represented as victims, the police have failed to adequately prevent and protect indigenous women and girls from killings, disappearances and extreme forms of violence.