Summary: Nomination process for child delegates to participate in the Special Session follow up event to take place in New York on 11 and 12 December 2007. The selection process has been set up by UNICEF and the Global Movement for Children (GMC)....
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...
[SAN JUAN, 24 de agosto de 2007] - Hace siete meses que el Comité de Integración de Servicios de Protección a Menores determinó que era inminente que se estableciera un protocolo único para tratar los casos de maltrato de menores en todas las...
La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (OACDH), les hace llegar este cuestionario con la intención de fortalecer y mejorar la calidad de la relación entre la OACDH y las personas con discapacidad así como...
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has prepared a questionnaire on the new UN Disability Convention with a view to strengthening and improving the quality of the relationship between OHCHR and...
Part OneGeneral Principles1. Fundamental perspectives
1.1 Member States shall seek, in conformity with their respective general interests, to further the well-being of the juvenile and her or his family.
1.2 Member States shall endeavour to develop...
I. Fundamental Perspectives 1. The juvenile justice system should uphold the rights and safety and promote the physical and mental well-being of juveniles. Imprisonment should be used as a last resort. 2. Juveniles should only be deprived of their...
I. Fundamental Principles1. The prevention of juvenile delinquency is an essential part of crime prevention in society. By engaging in lawful, socially useful activities and adopting a humanistic orientation towards society and outlook on life,...
[SAN JUAN, 25 de julio de 2007] – El Consejo Nacional de La Raza (NCLR, por sus siglas en inglés), la organización hispana de derechos civiles y acción política más grande de los Estados Unidos, se unió a la Fundación Annie E...
[SAN JUAN, 25 July 2007] – The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organisation in the U.S., today joined with the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) to announce that this year...