This report follows a study initiated by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child soldiers in which 116 children and youth reflect upon their experiences following abduction by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). They reveal the hardships and abuse...
Thousands of children under the age of 18 currently participate in armed conflicts in at least 18 countries worldwide, as part of government armies, paramilitaries, and armed opposition groups. Since 1994, Human Rights Watch has reported on the use...
Summary: This study on the implementation of the UN-led Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) is a key component of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1612. The findings of this study are presented in a series of five reports: four...
Kindernothilfe is pleased to present the report “On our way - How communities can work for children affected by HIV/AIDS” which was carried out in two case studies in Uganda in April 2007. This report takes a close look at community...
[13 December 2007] - Discrimination threatens lives in emergencies, and governments and aid agencies should pay more attention to the needs of vulnerable groups who suffer most in disasters, the Red Cross said in a report released on Thursday....
[30 November 2007] - The Ugandan justice system is tacitly condoning sexual violence against women and girls in the north of the country, Amnesty International says in a report. The vast majority of sexual abuse cases were not reported because most...
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has been ratified by 193 States. 1 Ratification requires States to undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures to implement children’s rights as recognised in the...
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (‘the African Charter’) expect States Parties to undertake legislative and other measures to implement the rights enshrined...
[17 October 2007] - More and more States worldwide are reforming their laws to prohibit all corporal punishment of children, including in their homes. A new report by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children analyses the...
BACGROUND TO THE PROJECT1. OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED RESULTSCIDA's Action Plan on Child Protection, launched in June 2001, included a CAN$ 2 million research fund established to explore the area of child protection. The Fund's primary objective was to...
