Although sandwiched between the Convention on the Right's of the Child's 18th and 20th birthdays, this year's Universal Children's Day, which falls on 20 November, has nonetheless been marked with a flurry of activity across...
[KIGALI, 8 septembre] - Assumant de plus en plus difficilement le coût de l'éducation et de l'entretien de leurs nombreux enfants, les Rwandais commencent à comprendre l'intérêt du planning familial. Le gouvernement...
The General Assembly,Reaffirming the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, including developing friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,...
In Arabic[3 April 2008] – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the entry into force of the first international treaty on the human rights of persons with disabilities, after the required twentieth country ratified the landmark...
[4 February 2008] - The ministry of pubic service and labour in Rwanda has announced its national policy on the elimination of child labour (NPEC). The policy, a result of efforts by government institutions, the private sector, civil society...
[17 January 2008] - Rwanda's education minister is under strong pressure from MPs, over what they call "genocide ideology" present in some schools in the country. A parliamentary investigation found cases where students were made to wear...
The Feinstein International Center's research--on the politics and policy of aiding the vulnerable, on protection and rights in crisis situations, and on the restoration of lives and livelihoods--feeds into both its teaching and its long-term...
The General Assembly,Recalling all its previous resolutions on the rights of the child, in particular its resolution 54/149 of 17 December 1999, in which it strongly supported the work of the open- nded inter-sessional working groups and urged them...
The General Assembly,Recalling its resolution 54/148 of 17 December 1999 and all previous relevant resolutions, including the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, in particular those relevant to the girl child,Recalling also...
[13 December 2007] - Discrimination threatens lives in emergencies, and governments and aid agencies should pay more attention to the needs of vulnerable groups who suffer most in disasters, the Red Cross said in a report released on Thursday....
