This research on tobacco farms in Malawi reveals that child labourers, some as young as 5, are suffering severe physical symptoms from absorbing up to the equivalent of 50 cigarettes a day through their skin.As the tobacco industry continues to...
In integrating human rights, various actors have uncovered numerous questions about the conceptual and practical application of explicit rights-based approaches (RBAs). While many have accepted the added value of RBAs, others remain to be convinced...
[13 December 2007] - Discrimination threatens lives in emergencies, and governments and aid agencies should pay more attention to the needs of vulnerable groups who suffer most in disasters, the Red Cross said in a report released on Thursday....
Children's rights have come full circle: at least at the level of rhetoric and principle. It is now eighteen years since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) came into force, and eight years since African countries adopted the African...
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has been ratified by 193 States. 1 Ratification requires States to undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures to implement children’s rights as recognised in the...
[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: 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: The 'Legislative History of the Convention on the Rights of the Child' is the result of ten years of work by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Save the Children Sweden.Please be aware that this document, which comes...
Summary: The Quantitative Research Instrument to Measure School-Related Gender-Based Violence details the sampling methodology, interview guidelines, and preliminary analysis of a recently conducted study to assess the knowledge, attitudes,...
[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...
