[25 November 2010] - Leading up to this weekend's general election in Haiti, Plan have ensured that young people's views on how their futures should be shaped were heard via a nationwide broadcast.
Members of a child rights group supported by Plan...
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Guidelines on Justice in Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of CrimeI. Objectives1. The...
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Preamble[Option 1. Civil law countries Considering the obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was adopted by the General Assembly in its...
[8 November 2010] - Teams from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are assessing the needs in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, and other areas hit by Hurricane Tomas and preparing to rush assistance to the affected...
Summary: This report details how the human rights situation in Haiti has further unravelled, particularly in the Haitian-Dominican Republic border area since the January's earthquake struck. The report is in French.Le Regroupement des Citoyens pour...
Summary: Ten months after last January's earthquake, a cholera epidemic was reported on Thursday 21st October in the Department of Artibonite (in the north of the country). On Saturday, the Haitian authorities and the UNO confirmed the...
Summary: Ces bourses d'études leur ont été offertes par Abdoulaye Wade. Le président sénégalais avait fait cette promesse après le tremblement de terre qui avait dévasté Haïti en janvier 2010.Les 163 boursiers ont été sé...
Summary: Deadline for requesting hearings: 31 August 2010Español[WASHINGTON, D.C., 15 October 2010] – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold its 140th session from 20 October – 5 November 2010 in...
[WASHINGTON D.C., 5 de octubre de 2010] – La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebrará su 138º período ordinario de sesiones entre los días 20 de octubre y el 5 de noviembre de 2010 en Washington...
Summary: This report examines intercountry adoption practices in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.Haiti has been a 'popular' country of origin, meaning that thousands of children were at some stage of the adoption process – albeit...
