Summary: The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international mechanism. This is done with the intention of identifying children's rights which have been repeatedly violated, as well as gaps in the...
Summary: This report summarises individual observations and direct requests issued by the ILO Committee of Experts related to child labour conventions. To view the full reports, go to the ILOLEX database (http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/) and...
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. This does not include the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which are...
Summary: General overview of Dominica's national legal provisions on children's rights, including guidance on how to conduct further research.National laws on children's rights
Status of the CRC in national lawThe CRC has not been directly...
Summary: Information about institutions in Dominica that monitor children's rights.Children's Ombudsperson
In its 2004 Concluding Observations, the Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concern "at the absence of an independent mechanism...
Life sentences in countries that practice inhuman sentencing.
Antigua and Barbuda
Life sentence for treason regardless of age: The Treason Act (article 8) sets a mandatory life sentence for treason offences, and the government has reported that this...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
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As Amnesty International (AI) releases its annual report on human rights, the world stands on the threshold of historic change. Courageous people are standing up and speaking out in the face of bullets, beatings,...
Report detailing the legality of inhuman sentencing against children in Dominica. Capital punishment is unlawful for persons under 18 at the time of the offence in the case of murder, but possibly not for other capital offences. Sentences of life...
