At its forthcoming 114th session, the Human Rights Committee will examine the efforts of the following seven countries to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights:
Fourth report of Uzbekistan
Sixth report of Canada...
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Global news and developments/ Benin and Andorra achieve full prohibition
Advocacy resources/ Four new publications from the Global Initiative
Updates from the UN and regional...
In 2015, 73 States around the world allowed people to be sentenced to life imprisonment for offences committed while under the age of 18; a further 49 States permited sentences of 15 years or longer and 90 for 10 years or longer. Life imprisonment...
Opening Statement, Item 2, High Commissioner's Annual Report
Mr. President,
Excellencies,
Colleagues and Friends,
It is an honour to present to you the work of my Office over the course of 2014. The Annual Report that has...
[25 February 2015] - A decree came into force in Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent, on February 25 requiring Internet cafes and computer clubs to close by 9 p.m.
The decree, which was issued by the Tashent mayor's office on February 18,...
The latest edition of the Global Initiative’s popular leaflet summarising progress towards universal prohibition of corporal punishment is now available.
'Prohibiting all corporal punishment of children: progress and...
فبراير 2015
بينما تتبجح الحكومات بالحديث المرسل عن أهمية حماية المدنيين. تخاذلت النخب السياسية في العالم، على نحو مريع، عن حماية من هم في أشد الحاجة للحماية. وترى منظمة العفو الدولية أن هذا يمكن أن يتغير، بل لا بد من أن يتغير، في نهاية المطاف.
وفي...
[February 2015]
This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up in the suffering of war zones. We must hope that, looking backward to 2014 in the years to come, what we lives through...
Освобожденные от работы на хлопковых полях, узбекские дети сейчас задействованы в сборе металлолома и макулатуры. Школьники в центральном Узбекистане участвуют в введенном государством плане по переработке мусора, за выполнение которого отвечают...
[16 February 2015] - This paper contributes longitudinal research evidence on the impact of structural inequalities on children’s development within households and communities, the ways access to health, education and other key services...
