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...
[19 March 2015] - A report released today by the United Nations human rights office says that the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) may have committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in its attacks against...
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...
العربية.نت
سُرب مقطع فيديو لجنود من الجيش العراقي يعدمون طفلاً يقارب عمره 11عاماً، وذلك عبر إطلاق رشقات من الرصاص على رأسه في محافظة ديالى.
ويُظهر الفيديو الطفل وهو مقيد اليدين وحوله مجموعة من جنود الجيش العراقي في مكان مجهول، وتعتذر "...
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...
CRC/C/OPAC/KHM/CO/1
Adopted by the Committee: 30 January 2015
Published by the Committee: 4 February 2015
Issues raised:
Ratification and reforms:
The Committee welcomes the ratification of the State party of the Optional Protocol on the...
CRC/C/OPSC/IRQ/CO/1
Adopted by the Committee: 30 January 2015
Published by the Committee: 4 February 2015
Issues raised:
Ratification and national policies:
The Committee welcomes the establishment of two child helplines The Protocol to Prevent...
[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...
CRC/C/IRQ/CO/2-4
Adopted by the Committee: 30 January 2015
Published by the Committee: 4 February 2015
Issues raised:
Ratification and national policy:
The Committee welcomes the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on...
