Summary: The document was endorsed by nearly 30 human rights and child rights organisations in Southeast Asia calling for the creation of an ASEAN Commission on Women and Children that has a mandate to promote and protect the rights of children and...
There is evidence that both Israeli and Palestinian forces committed war crimes in the recent Gaza conflict, the official UN report says.The report criticises Israel for using "disproportionate force" and "collective punishment...
[BANGKOK, 17 August 2009] - UNICEF and UNESCO have gone online with a one-stop Education for All database for Asia and the Pacific that enables governments to better identify which of their population’s children are not in school or...
The report discusses the experiences, reflections and lessons learned by civil society organisations who are engaging non-state armed groups in Burma, Indonesia, and the Philippines through human rights education. It defines human rights education...
Mind the Gaps is the outcome of research into the laws of South East Asia relating to child-sex tourism. Mind the Gaps examines all ten Member States of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Brunei Darussalam, Burma, Cambodia...
Travelling Child-Sex Offenders in South East Asia: A Regional Review - 2007/2008 represents the third edition of this unique compendium of information relating to the complex and dynamic phenomenon of the sexual exploitation of children in...
This report documents the widespread ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children at the hands of the Israeli army and police force. It contains the testimonies of 33 children who bear witness to the abuse they received at the hands of soldiers...
Child labour is an issue of growing concern in Afghanistan. According to recent estimates, one in four Afghan children aged seven to 14 is engaged in some form of work. This briefing paper explores why...
A UNICEF report says the number of people going hungry in South Asia has jumped by 100 million in the past two years.The report says the global economic crisis has exacerbated poverty in a region where more than 1 billion people live on less than $2...
Israeli soldiers used an 11-year-old Palestinian boy as a human shield during the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, U.N. human rights experts said Monday.The Israeli Defense force ordered the boy to walk in front of soldiers being fired on in the...
