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[6 April 2015] – The violence in Yemen continues to wreak havoc upon the country's civilian population and restrict...

Over the past week alone, 62 children were killed and 30 others injured.

[2 April 2015] – The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan has condemned “in the strongest terms” today’s deadly...

Read about the recent developments and campaigns in Africa by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children.

The planned mega-dam, which is backed by European development banks, has been blamed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for the death of two Mayan children from August 2014.   

Following an outcry over the case of Shafqat Hussain, the President of Pakistan has announced the extension of the halt of his execution for 30 days.

Read the letter CRIN, together with other human rights organisations, sent to Pakistan's minister after the halt of Shafqat Hussain's execution for 72 hours and before it's extension to 30 days. 

Evidence from a UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report released today suggests that the attacks against ethnic and religious groups by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant may have been genocide.  

Kyrgyzstan's signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2011 remains effectless with the parliament's ongoing failure to implement the convention into national legislation.

Police denies the 17-year-old's detention after he has been arrested in his home.

UN officials accused of caving in to Israeli pressure to abandon moves to include the state’s armed forces on a UN list of serious violators of children’s rights.

Organisations and individuals are invited to submit relevant information for the upcoming report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNICEF.