[14 June 2013] -
Day of the African Child - SRSG welcomes decision to devote the theme to: “Eliminating Harmful Social and Cultural Practices Affecting Children: Our Collective Responsibility.”
"On the commemoration of the...
This briefing is a contribution to the Day of the African Child 2013 theme:
“Eliminating harmful social and cultural practices affecting children: our collective responsibility”.
Corporal punishment has long been traditionally ...
Prohibiting all corporal punishment of children in Africa – A key element in eliminating harmful social and cultural practices
Attached is a briefing from the Global Initiative as contribution to the Day of the African Child 2013...
Summary: Full details of the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council, set to take place from 3 - 28 March 2014, including the programme of work, list of NGO statements, discussions scheduled to take place, and how NGOs can participate.
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Summary: At the close of his first visit to Sierra Leone, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, underlined the role played by all religious communities in order to help the nation overcome the legacy of the...
Summary: Full details of the 23rd Session of the Human Rights Council, due to take place from 27 May to 14 June 2013, including the programme of work, list of NGO statements, discussions scheduled to take place, and how NGOs can participate....
Summary: Ten leading international organisations, including CRIN, have called on governments around the globe to protect child domestic workers and to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention (Convention 189 concerning Decent Work for Domestic...
[30 May 2013] -
Where is the best country to be a child?
The data in this year's UN report on children throws up as many surprises as predictable patterns. In which country are children most likely to die before they reach the age of 5? Where...
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...
[28 May 2013] -
"Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women: A call to action based an overview of existing evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America" - A joint report from SRSG-VAC...
