Summary: The South Asian report is a new comprehensive rights-based report which, for the first time, objectively measures the extent to which the South Asian governments and non-state actors have contributed to the creation of child-friendly...
Summary: Our research indicates that in the Jammu and Kashmir regions administered by India, people may be sentenced to death for crimes committed while under the age of 18, and corporal punishment may be imposed under traditional justice systems....
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...
Summary: Much remains to be done if progress towards achieving the mdgs is to be sustained. Young lives research is tracking 12,000 children in ethiopia, india, peru and vietnam to learn about their education, well-being and experiences of poverty...
Summary: Tackling gender inequalities has become central to poverty reduction strategies. yet gender dynamics between children growing up in poverty, and how these change, are poorly understood, yet a number of assumptions prevail. Young lives...
Summary: General overview of India's national legal provisions on children's rights, including guidance on how to conduct further research.
National laws on children's rights
Status of the CRC in national lawRatified international treaties including...
Summary: Understanding how poverty and inequalities affect children is central to understanding the impact of the MDGs and development of the post-2015 agenda.This paper draws together research from across the Young Lives longitudinal study of child...
Summary: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on Friday welcomed the report of the Verma Committee as a groundbreaking basis for action against violence against women in India, and urged the Government to follow through on its...
Summary: Report on life imprisonment sentences for children in the Commonwealth States.In 2010 CRIN, together with other partners, launched a campaign for the prohibition of inhuman sentencing of children- defined to include sentences of death, life...
Summary: A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholders...
