Summary: This is an analysis of alternative reports that have included children. Español / FrançaisThis is an analysis of alternative reports that have included children. It responds to the gap in information concerning children...
[9 February 2012] - The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure which was adopted at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, will be open for signature at a signing...
Life sentences in countries that practice inhuman sentencing.
Antigua and Barbuda
Life sentence for treason regardless of age: The Treason Act (article 8) sets a mandatory life sentence for treason offences, and the government has reported that this...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
Summary: The 104th Session of the Human Rights Committee will take place from 12 - 30 March 2012. See below details of which States under being examined and the opportunities that exist for child rights advocates.Opportunities for child rights...
Menu: The concept of Ombudsperson | Why establish an Ombudsperson? | An Ombudsperson for children | The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) | Why an Ombudsperson for children? | ...
Summary: The 103rd Session of the Human Rights Committee will take place from 17 October to 4 November 2011. See below details of which States under being examined and the opportunities that exist for child rights advocates.Opportunities for child...
Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 1386(XIV) of 20 November 1959
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have, in the Charter, reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person,...
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As Amnesty International (AI) releases its annual report on human rights, the world stands on the threshold of historic change. Courageous people are standing up and speaking out in the face of bullets, beatings,...
Report detailing the legality of inhuman sentencing against children in Kiribati, where children may lawfully receive sentences of corporal punishment and be imprisoned for life.
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