Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263 of 25 May 2000...
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On 17 May 2007, the first members of the Human Rights Council were elected. The Council consists of 47 members divided over five regional groups. Each member serves a three year term. At present the following States...
[8 March 2007] - Across the world today, one in every five girls of primary school age are not in school. When girls miss out, not only are they denied the chance to learn to read and write, earn a living and participate in democracy, it...
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), incollaboration with UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), organised a Workshop on the Implementation of the Concluding Observations of the...
[NEW YORK/GENEVA, 11 December 2006] – Eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report issued on UNICEF’s 60th...
Summary: The analysis of sexual assaults and exploitation of children in Syria face many difficulties, especially because it is a private and familial matter that is not expressed openly. Moreover, there are no numbers and national indexes...
Summary: Amnesty International today condemned the unfair trial by the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) of seven Kurdish prisoners of conscience, and the alleged torture and ill-treatment of Kurdish minors held in the custody of the Syrian...
Summary: The forum for North Africa and the Middle East wasattended by delegates from 10 countries in the region. It addressed selected themes affecting street children in the region through group and plenary discussions, namely: street children’s...
Summary: The analysis of sexual assaults and exploitation of children in Syria face many difficulties, especially because it is a private and familial matter that is not expressed openly. Moreover, there are no numbers and national indexes...
