Global March Against Child Labour is an international movement dedicated to giving every child a chance to live and grow without the burden of exploitative work. Global March is a movement to mobilise worldwide efforts to protect and promote the...
Winrock works with people around the world to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resource and protect the environment. By linking local individuals and communities with new ideas and technology, Winrock increases long-term productivity,...
CO-OPERAID is a Swiss NGO supporting
projects in the fields of education and
vocational training since 1981. The target
groups are children, youth and women. They
include refugee children, landmine victims,
ethnic minorities, the disabled,...
Though mostly barren Djibouti benefits from it’s location at the entrance to the Red Sea and between Ethiopia and the Sea. The State emerged from a civil war in the 1990s and multi-party elections were instituted, though President Guelleh has...
Summary: Amnesty International commended the commitment shown by those African states that have ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (the African Children's Charter). Amnesty International commended the commitment...
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. This does not include the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which are...
Summary: The Committee on the Rights of the Child will hold its 63rd Session from 27 May to 14 June 2013. Below are full details on the session, including the list of alternative reports submitted by NGOs.
The Committee on the Rights of the Child...
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: The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international mechanism. This is done with the intention of identifying children's rights which have been repeatedly violated, as well as gaps in the issues...
To educate the public, the bar (lawyers), and the judiciary (judges) about the harm caused by all forms of childhood genital cutting, including female genital cutting (also known as female genital mutilation or FGM), male genital cutting (also known...
