Police in south-east Uzbekistan have begun a campaign against children attending places of worship, Forum 18 News Service has learned.The authorities' campaign, which also uses the state-controlled mass media, attacks schools and parents who allow...
بالعربيةCouncil resolution 7/3 asks that the High Commissioner for Human Rights consults with States, NGOs and others on how to better international cooperation and dialogue in the UN human rights...
Summary: This year's theme is 'Lead, Empower, Deliver'As the world takes stock of its efforts to address the epidemic, at least one children’s organisation was warning against spending cuts on HIV and AIDS in light of the global financial...
Although sandwiched between the Convention on the Right's of the Child's 18th and 20th birthdays, this year's Universal Children's Day, which falls on 20 November, has nonetheless been marked with a flurry of activity across...
As the annual cotton harvest winds down, Uzbekistan’s labour practices are once again facing scrutiny. A recently released report purports to offer proof that Tashkent, despite ratifying two international agreements designed to discourage the...
Association SOS Children’s Villages Uzbekistan is an International NGO. Our mission is to build families for children in need – orphaned, abandoned or those whose families are unable to take care of them. Apart from providing a shelter,...
[21 August 2008] - Socially conscious shareholders, pension funds and human rights advocates have joined together to demand that the government of Uzbekistan stop using forced child labuor in its cotton harvest. Every year, the government of...
The General Assembly,Reaffirming the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, including developing friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,...
In Arabic[3 April 2008] – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the entry into force of the first international treaty on the human rights of persons with disabilities, after the required twentieth country ratified the landmark...
To access the complete original Family code (in Russian) click here. Unofficial translation of some sections:CHAPTER IV. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARENTS AND MINOR CHILDREN Part 11: Personal non-property rights of minor childrenSection 67. The...