The world’s most populous country, China is also the third largest in terms of area. Politically, the State has moved away from the Maoist politics of the 1950s and 1960s and economic growth has been dramatic leading to its development into...
Summary: Takes place in Beijing. A three-day event in East Asia and Pacific region which will play a critical role in shaping the regional agenda for children in the coming decade.
Fourteen new countries will be elected to the UN’s human rights scrutinising body next week, with France, the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation set to get a seat.
Based in Geneva, the Human Rights Council’s (HRC) role is...
[15 de noviembre de 2013] -
China permitirá a las parejas concebir dos descendientes siempre que el padre o la madre, uno de los dos, sea hijo único. Esta es una de las medidas que ha anunciado hoy el Partido...
[16 November 2013] -
The Communist Party's central committee has responded to long-time calls to relax the one-child policy and to put an end to notorious labour camps.
Participants at the third plenum, which ended on Tuesday, agreed to...
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...
Summary: This report summarises individual observations and direct requests issued by the ILO Committee of Experts related to child labour conventions. To view the full reports, go to the NORMLEX database (http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en) and...
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...
CRC/C/CHN/CO/3-4
Below is a short summary of the key issues from the CRC's 64th session Concluding Observations for China. Click on the link above for the full text, and here for the alternative reports submitted by NGOs and the CRC...
Summary: All states must be urged to abolish deep-rooted prejudices against children who have disabilities and children abandoned by their parents, vigorously address reports of abuse, and ensure that all abandoned and orphaned children, whether...
