[2 November 2007] - Six years after the end of the conflict in Sierra Leone, little has been done to ensure that survivors of sexual violence receive justice, acknowledgement of their suffering, or full, meaningful and effective reparations. The...
UNICEF is calling all young people to contribute their ideas to the child-friendly text of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention is an agreement between countries to make sure that children and adults with...
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M -N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z AThe African Commission on Human and People’s Rights: quasi-judicial body established on 21 October 1986 to promote and protect human rights...
[17 October 2007] – Wider distribution of insecticide-treated nets and more effective treatment for malaria has fuelled significant progress in sub-Saharan Africa’s fight against the disease, which kills at least 800,000 children under...
[17 October 2007] - More and more States worldwide are reforming their laws to prohibit all corporal punishment of children, including in their homes. A new report by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children analyses the...
Summary: Based on the key findings of the Secretary-General's Study on Violence Against Children, the NGO Advisory Panel has prepared a series of recommendations for follow up to the Study. These include strong endorsement and follow-up and the...
Introduction“My sister is six years old. There are no grown-ups living with us. I need a bathroom tap and clothes and shoes. And water also, inside the house. But especially, somebody to tuck me and my sister in at night.” Apiwe, aged 13...
Summary: Report submitted to the Third Committee of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly which will open on 18 September 2007.This year's Report of the Secretary-General on the Status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, is...
Summary: Report of the seventh meeting of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, held in Tripoli, Libya from 28 June – 2 July 2005pdf: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/rightsofchild-report2005.htm
Laws are the foundation of social policy and central to the promotion and defence of child rights and welfare. They articulate a society’s vision and define individual rights and obligations on the one hand and the nature and limits of State...