Article 1: Definition of a child

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UN peacekeepers face new sexual abuse allegations
13/Nov/2015 News
United Nation's peacekeepers in Central African Republic were hit on Wednesday with fresh accusations of sex abuses uncovered by a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation amid growing concern about a failure to combat sexual misconduct.
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SAUDI ARABIA: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children
28/Oct/2015 Publication
This report was submitted ahead of the 73rd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child as...
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ZAMBIA: No justice for child raped by celebrity
27/Oct/2015 News
Zambia’s President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has been hit by crisis after crisis since taking office in January this year, but his greatest shame is one entirely of his own making.
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EUROPE: Sexual rights and risks among youth online
26/Oct/2015 News
Children and youth are one of the fastest-growing groups of internet users, bringing them great opportunities – but also new risks.
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The Year in Children's Rights: CRIN's 2014-15 annual report
6/Oct/2015 Publication
CRIN’s annual report wastes no time regurgitating blurb about who we are and what we do. Instead, we present a global picture of children’s rights, wrapping up the past year’s new or persisting issues around the world. 
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PAKISTAN: Man initially arrested as a teenager faces execution
28/Sep/2015 News
Pakistani authorities are set to hang a man who says he was 15 when arrested for a murder he says he did not commit, lawyers have said.
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The State v. C (a Juvenile)
Wed, 31/12/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning judicial sentences of corporal punishment in Zimbabwe.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Sexting boy's naked selfie recorded as crime by police
7/Sep/2015 News
A boy who sent a naked photograph of himself to a girl at school has had the crime of making and distributing indecent images recorded against him according to the BBC.
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UNITED STATES: Teenager sentenced to 11 years in prison for Islamic State Twitter support
1/Sep/2015 News
A teenager was sentenced to 11 years and four months in prison on Friday for using Twitter to support Islamic State (IS), becoming the first minor to be prosecuted by the United States in such a case.
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UN: Children's rights and the Human Rights Committee
28/Aug/2015 Publication
While civil and political rights are recognised specifically for children in the CRC, the review by the Human Rights...
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