Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child...
Summary: General overview of the Dominican Republic'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 conventions,...
Summary: Information about institutions in the Dominican Republic that monitor children's rights.Children's Ombudsperson
The Office of the Ombudsperson (Defensoria del Pueblo) and that of the Assistant Ombudsperson for Children and Youth (Defonsoria...
Summary: La educación, como herramienta básica de socialización y de inclusión social ha sido ampliamente debatida en diferentes contextos históricos. Desde la creación de los estados nacionales en Latinoamérica, cuando la educación se erigía como...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
Summary: A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the first Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholder's...
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As Amnesty International (AI) releases its annual report on human rights, the world stands on the threshold of historic change. Courageous people are standing up and speaking out in the face of bullets, beatings,...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights staged its 141st session from 21 March – 1 April 2011 in Washington, D.C., USA.
During the session, the Commission held hearings and meetings on a range of persistent human rights violations in the...
This 21st annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2010 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with domestic...
