The 25th Session of the Universal Periodic Review will take place from April to May 2016 (exact dates to be confirmed). Below is a list of the countries to be reviewed during the session.
Suriname
Greece
Samoa
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...
This report is part of CRIN's access to justice for children project, looking at the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in national law, the status of children involved in legal proceedings, the legal means to challenge...
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Global news and developments/ Benin and Andorra achieve full prohibition
Advocacy resources/ Four new publications from the Global Initiative
Updates from the UN and regional...
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Title:
The Queen v. Everton Welch
Court:
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the High Court of Justice Antigua and Barbuda, Criminal Division
Citation:
Criminal Case No. ANUHCR 1994/0015
Date:
14 December 2011...
In 2015, 73 States around the world allowed people to be sentenced to life imprisonment for offences committed while under the age of 18; a further 49 States permited sentences of 15 years or longer and 90 for 10 years or longer. Life imprisonment...
Opening Statement, Item 2, High Commissioner's Annual Report
Mr. President,
Excellencies,
Colleagues and Friends,
It is an honour to present to you the work of my Office over the course of 2014. The Annual Report that has...
The latest edition of the Global Initiative’s popular leaflet summarising progress towards universal prohibition of corporal punishment is now available.
'Prohibiting all corporal punishment of children: progress and...
فبراير 2015
بينما تتبجح الحكومات بالحديث المرسل عن أهمية حماية المدنيين. تخاذلت النخب السياسية في العالم، على نحو مريع، عن حماية من هم في أشد الحاجة للحماية. وترى منظمة العفو الدولية أن هذا يمكن أن يتغير، بل لا بد من أن يتغير، في نهاية المطاف.
وفي...
[February 2015]
This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up in the suffering of war zones. We must hope that, looking backward to 2014 in the years to come, what we lives through...
[16 February 2015] - This paper contributes longitudinal research evidence on the impact of structural inequalities on children’s development within households and communities, the ways access to health, education and other key services...
