El ministro del poder popular para las Relaciones Interiores y Justicia, Pedro Carreño, informó que serán presentados ante la Fiscalía todos los menores de edad detenidos presuntamente por estar vinculados a los supuestos hechos de violencia...
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On 17 May 2007, the first members of the Human Rights Council were elected. The Council consists of 47 members divided over five regional groups. Each member serves a three year term. At present the following States...
La prohibición legal del castigo físico y humillante hacia los niños, niñas y adolescentes es casi un hecho en dos países sudamericanos. Venezuela y Uruguay se encuentran a punto de aprobar sendas legislaciones durante el actual...
[8 March 2007] - Across the world today, one in every five girls of primary school age are not in school. When girls miss out, not only are they denied the chance to learn to read and write, earn a living and participate in democracy, it...
A sub-regional seminar on the implementation of the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child was organised in November 2005. Over 150 people from 10 South American countries, including Government representatives,...
[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...
Hoy, 20 de noviembre se celebra la aprobación de este instrumento de derechos humanos que ha generado cambios significativos en todo el mundo al considerar a las niñas, niños y adolescentes como sujetos portadores de derechos...
Summary: World sanitation crisis causes millions of avoidable deaths, and contamination from human waste is largely to blame, says UNDP’s Human Development Report.[CAPE TOWN, 9 November 2006] - Simply installing a flush toilet in the home increases...
Summary: This global report was launched during the week of the presentation of the UN Study on Violence Against Children in New York on 12 October. The report is part of a submission to the Violence Study.As the UN Secretary-General’s Study...
