[NEW YORK, 25 September 2006] – Girls in New York’s juvenile prisons are being abused and neglected by state authorities, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union said in a report released today.The report, Custody and...
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The brunt of the storm fell hardest on the region's poorest and neediest children and adults. A year later, Save the Children remains committed to supporting the unique...
Summary: The Listen to Children website was launched after noting that most countries were on board with supporting the Rights of the Children as defined by the UN during the Convention on the Rights of the Child to join together individuals who...
Summary: This manual is a practical, hands-on guide to the procedures and substantive case law of the inter-American human rights system.The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at the Yale Law School and the Center for...
Summary: The 2004 Annual Report contains chapters on the following: legal bases and activities of the Commission, petition and case system, human rights development in the region, follow-up of recommendations formulated by the Commission in the...
Every year thousands of children fleeing persecution arrive in the United States alone in search of protection. A report was recently published on theis issue. Seeking Asylum Alone: Unaccompanied and Separated Children and Refugee Protection in...
Summary: Le présent dossier est présenté par la Société EDUPAX en regard de l’Étude du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies sur la violence envers les enfants. Nous avons pris connaissance du Document de consultation préparé pour Unicef-Canada et...
Summary: The UN Committee against Torture held its 36th Session in Geneva from 1-19 May 2006. Click on the link to read its conclusions and recommendations to the United States. Go to section 34 for recommendations about the conditions of the...
Summary: Le projet sur les enfants de l’Amérique du Nord vise à mettre en lumière les conditions de vie et le bienêtre des enfants et des jeunes du Canada, du Mexique et des États-Unis. Grâce à une série de rapports sur les indicateurs, le projet...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report that examines the state of child well-being in North America – Growing Up in North America: Child Well-Being in Canada, the United States and Mexico – reveals that gains in human development...
