Although sandwiched between the Convention on the Right's of the Child's 18th and 20th birthdays, this year's Universal Children's Day, which falls on 20 November, has nonetheless been marked with a flurry of activity across...
Summary: La Convención Iberoamericana de Derechos de los Jóvenes, aprobada los días 10 y 11 de octubre de 2005, es el primer texto de carácter Internacional que dará soporte jurídico al conjunto de los gobiernos iberoamericanos para el desarrollo de...
The General Assembly,Reaffirming the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, including developing friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,...
ASAMBLEA NACIONAL DEL PODER POPULAR BLAS ROCA CALDERÍO, Presidente de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular de la República de Cuba. HAGO SABER: Que en sesión de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular, celebrada del 28 al 30 de junio de 1978,...
In Arabic[3 April 2008] – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the entry into force of the first international treaty on the human rights of persons with disabilities, after the required twentieth country ratified the landmark...
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency has announced an advanced international training programme on “Child Rights in Practice”.The aim of the Programme is to provide participants with an in-depth knowledge of the UN...
The General Assembly,Recalling all its previous resolutions on the rights of the child, in particular its resolution 54/149 of 17 December 1999, in which it strongly supported the work of the open- nded inter-sessional working groups and urged them...
The General Assembly,Recalling its resolution 54/148 of 17 December 1999 and all previous relevant resolutions, including the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, in particular those relevant to the girl child,Recalling also...
[13 December 2007] - Discrimination threatens lives in emergencies, and governments and aid agencies should pay more attention to the needs of vulnerable groups who suffer most in disasters, the Red Cross said in a report released on Thursday....
Summary: This is the first of several compilations by Save the Children UK of lessons learnt in contributing to regional and national rights-based legal and policy frameworks for children. Similar reports for Bulgaria and Egypt will be made...
