This is a report on the prohibition of corporal punishment of children in West Africa.
98 per cent of children in West Africa are not legally protected from corporal punishment in the home or in alternative care settings.
92 per...
Summary: A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholders...
To educate the public, the bar (lawyers), and the judiciary (judges) about the harm caused by all forms of childhood genital cutting, including female genital cutting (also known as female genital mutilation or FGM), male genital cutting (also known...
Summary: Full details of the 21th Session of the Human Rights Council, due to take place from 12 - 30 September 2012, including the programme of work, list of NGO statements, discussions scheduled to take place, and how NGOs can participate....
The purpose of the working paper on strengthening child protection systems in sub-Saharan Africa is to consolidate current thinking, examples and lessons learnt about child protection system strengthening and suggest ways forward. the target...
Summary: This report is published to mark the 10th anniversary year of the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC). [13 September 2012...
Summary: La nouvelle représentante spéciale de l’ONU, Leila Zerrougui, fait son premier discours au Conseil des droits de l’homme, mettant l’accent sur la responsabilisation et la prévention des violations commises contre les enfants touchés par les...
Summary: Newly appointed UN Special Representative Leila Zerrougui delivers statement to the Human Rights Council, focusing on accountability and prevention of violations against conflict-affected children. [Geneva, 11 September 2012] - ...
Summary: The overall purpose of this Manual is to eliminate the knowledge gap about strategies women may adopt to seek justice for sexual violence. It is also to encourage women to use and exhaust all available avenues of justice within their...
For over a decade, efforts have been made in several venues at the United Nations to promote the concept that States have an obligation to adopt and enforce laws against the “defamation of religions.” Some of the countries that support...
