Article 4: Implementation of rights

UNITED STATES: Combatting climate change with the public trust doctrine
17/Dec/2015 Publication
A group of children brought a petition to Washington’s Department of Ecology, asking them to adopt a rule to limit carbon emissions in their state. After being denied and then ignored they appealed against the Department’s rulemaking process claiming that, to be effective, it would have to be in line with up-to-date climate science.
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CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER THREAT: Old and new challenges for human and children's rights advocates in Eurasia
11/Dec/2015 Publication
In recent years, the space afforded to civil society to operate freely has been shrinking dramatically across the world,...
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Human Rights Day 2015: Freedoms for adults only?
9/Dec/2015 Publication
The freedoms set out in the two Covenants are universal; they apply to everyone, everywhere. Children are no exception, they have all human rights. But children’s freedoms are rarely a priority; the ability to think freely, act and speak is too often denied for children all over the world.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in schools
7/Dec/2015 News
Schools in the UK should not be required to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character according reforms proposed by a top-level inquiry into faith in multicultural Britain.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in schools
7/Dec/2015 News
Schools in the UK should not be required to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character according reforms proposed by a top-level inquiry into faith in multicultural Britain.
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EUROPE: Protection gaps risk exposing children with disabilities to abuse
4/Dec/2015 Publication
Boys and girls with disabilities are more likely to be victims of physical and sexual violence, and neglect, than those without disabilities.
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UN: Children's rights and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2/Dec/2015 Publication
Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this new report calls on the UN to address the rights of children with disabilities with the same consistency and rigour as adults’ rights. 
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SAUDI ARABIA: More than 50 people, including several arrested as children, will reportedly be executed soon
30/Nov/2015 News
Saudi Arabia allegedly plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, including two sentenced as children, two Saudi newspapers reported this week.
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CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: Call for adequate recognition of children’s right to freedom of religion or belief throughout UN
25/Nov/2015 News
In this paper CRIN reviews the October 2015 report by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief covering children's rights and freedom of religion. 
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UN: Statement of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the CRC's 26th anniversary
20/Nov/2015 News
A statement from the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the 26th anniversary of the CRC's adoption.
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