This paper estimates the contribution of child labour to the formation of household farm income in rural enterprises. The contribution to household income from the employment of children comes either from the employment on-farm at a shadow wage or...
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...
[NEW YORK, 1 February 2007] – Nepal’s Maoist armed forces should immediately begin releasing the thousands of child soldiers in their ranks and cease recruiting more children, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The new 72...
[20 de diciembre de 2006] - El presente informe se ha elaborado atendiendo a lo dispuesto en la resolución 1612 (2005) del Consejo de Seguridad. Abarca el período comprendido entre el 1º de agosto de 2005 y el 30 de septiembre de 2006 y en...
[16 January 2007] – Children in Nepal were still being recruited by the Communist Party (Maoist) to serve as soldiers despite last April’s ceasefire with the Government, the Secretary-General has warned in his latest report to the...
Le présent rapport a été établi conformément aux dispositions de la résolution1612 (2005) du Conseil de sécurité. Il porte sur la période allant du 1er août 2005 au30 septembre...
[16 January 2007] – Children in Nepal were still being recruited by the Communist Party (Maoist) to serve as soldiers despite last April’s ceasefire with the Government, the Secretary-General has warned in his latest report to the...
[HONG KONG, 21 December 2006] - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released its Human Rights Report for 2006. The State of Human Rights in Eleven Asian Nations includes in-depth analysis of the situation of human rights in ...
[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...
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...
