This paper represents the position of the Separated Children in Europe Programme (SCEP) on age assessment in the context of separated children. In particular, it aims to provide concrete recommendations to States and...
To secure and safeguard the fundamental rights of everyone in the European Union (EU), the EU and its 27 Member States pressed forward with a number of initiatives in 2011. The EU adopted key legislative and policy measures in, for example, the...
Summary: The Commissioner's Human Rights Comments were formally called 'Viewpoints'.
Silencing voices against homophobia violates human rights (June 2012)
Protection of journalists is essential for media freedom in Europe (October 2011)
Human rights...
[21 June 2012] - Recent months have seen renewed efforts in some Council of Europe member States to silence voices against homophobia and transphobia. Laws banning information about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inter-sex (LGBTI) issues...
This report provides supplementary information to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th combined periodic report on the implementation of the CRC in Albania.pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Albania_United for Child Care Protection Coalition Children's Report_CRC.doc.pdf
Summary: Les boites à bébé se multiplient en Europe. Et l'ONU estime que c'est une violation des droits de l'enfant. C'est l'anonymat de la démarche qui est pointé. [14 juin 2012] - Les boîtes à bébé, ce sont ces...
Summary: Member state cutbacks are undermining strategies to combat child poverty, said one participant of an EU conference. [19 June 2012] - Most people living below the poverty line in Europe are children and the EU and member states must push for...
Summary: UN says hatches in which unwanted newborn babies can be left contravene children's rights to know and be cared for by parents. While some groups defend the baby boxes, saying that they "protect the child's right to life", others argue that...
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Developments on the use of the death penalty in 2011 confirmed the global trend towards abolition. The number of countries that were...
Summary: A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the first Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholder's...
