Summary: This is an analysis of alternative reports that have included children. Español / FrançaisThis is an analysis of alternative reports that have included children. It responds to the gap in information concerning children...
[9 February 2012] - The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure which was adopted at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, will be open for signature at a signing...
Summary: Campaigners in Tanzania have criticised some schools for making HIV-positive pupils wear a red ribbon on their uniforms.The headmaster of one school told the BBC it was done at the parents' request to ensure that all sickly pupils do not...
A new study, Struggling to Survive, by Railway Children finds a ‘silent war’ is being waged in Tanzania and Kenya against children forced on to the streets. The children who took part in the study have been exposed to a relentless...
Summary: General overview of Tanzania'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 lawInternational treaties must be...
Summary: Information about institutions in Tanzania that monitor children's rights.Children's Ombudspersons
The Tanzanian Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance has a Special Desk for Children's Affairs which has undertaken investigations...
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...
Summary: Special report from the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance following inspections of children in detention facilities.It is internationally agreed that the rationale behind trying children in juvenile courts and committing them...
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Summary: It is believed that the influx of Tanzanian witchdoctors to Uganda is fostering a drastic increase in ritual killings of children, a practice which is believed to bring wealth. [WASHINGTON, 2 November 2011] — Uganda recently announced...
