Summary: World Congress on Juvenile Justice – Geneva (Switzerland) – 26th to 30th of January 2015. The Government of Switzerland and the Terre des hommes Foundation announce the organisation of the World Congress on Juvenile Justice at the...
Summary: MCR module 4 on child labour and education:module 4 of the MCR presents the debate on working children, child labour and international child labour norms and practices from an interdisciplinary and an international viewpoint. The module...
Summary: module 3 of the mcr module addresses contents and monitoring mechanisms of international human rights law, the direct applicability of international norms at the national level and the importance of regional human rights systems for...
OBJECTIVESThis seminar aims to:• provide a forum for discussion and exchange for concerned stakeholders, to open the debate on the impact of sex tourism involving children, to understand the obligations and responsibilities of States and those...
Summary: Des demandeurs d’asile écartés des lieux publics : c’est la mesure radicale prise par certaines autorités suisses. Des réglementations qui choquent entre autres plusieurs associations de défense des Droits de l’Homme. [Le 9 août...
Summary: The aim is to allegedly avoid tensions between Swiss residents and asylum-seekers by banning the latter from "sensitive areas" such as the vicinity of a school, and public places like swimming pools, playing fields and libraries, which...
Summary: The 83rd session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will take place from 12 - 30 August 2013.States under Review
Find out which States are under review here.
Opportunities for child rights advocates
In...
Summary: This report summarises the status of children's rights in Switzerland vis-a-vis European human rights mechanisms. Search CRIN's ratifications table to find regional instruments to which Switzerland is a party.
European Court of Human Rights...
The University of Geneva is pleased to announce a new summer school: Global Health and Human Rights ( June 17 - July 6, 2013)
The course program is online on our website! Enrollment is still open. Deadline for...
This full-time Master programme on children’s rights is offered in French and is designed for students with a BA degree in law, sociology, psychology or social work who seek to complete their studies in the field of children’s rights...
