[RIO DE JANEIRO, 15 November 2007] - A game designed to teach children how to stay away from sexual predators and other dangers lurking on the Internet has been unveiled at a UN forum in Rio de Janeiro that addressed cybercrime.The Wild...
[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...
Summary: Report submitted to the Third Committee of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly which will open on 18 September 2007.This year's Report of the Secretary-General on the Status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, is...
Summary: The 'Legislative History of the Convention on the Rights of the Child' is the result of ten years of work by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Save the Children Sweden.Please be aware that this document, which comes...
Facteurs de risque, moyens et issues pour les jeunes quittant les centres de détention juvénile de São Paulo, au Brésil Problème de rechercheHistorique et contexteCinquième pays le plus peuplé du...
Summary: Although girls make up a small minority of children who come in conflict with the law, they are vulnerable to violence, particularly sexual abuse and rape, by both police and staff in detention facilities. This 5-page background paper...
[NEW YORK/GENEVA, 11 December 2006] – Eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report issued on UNICEF’s 60th...
Problem and justificationYouth who come in conflict with the law are in special need of protection. Their rights may be violated before, during and after their encounter with the law. Those youth who have been incarcerated are at particularly high...
Summary: World sanitation crisis causes millions of avoidable deaths, and contamination from human waste is largely to blame, says UNDP’s Human Development Report.[CAPE TOWN, 9 November 2006] - Simply installing a flush toilet in the home increases...
