(NEW YORK, 20 June 2007) – Iran should immediately suspend the use of the death penalty for crimes committed by children under age 18, Human Rights Watch has said.Iran is known to have executed at least 17 juvenile offenders since the...
[LONDON, 19 June 2007] – Iran should immediately halt the mass deportations of Afghan nationals and investigate allegations that its authorities have abused numerous deportees, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. Iran should also ensure that...
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...
PreambleWhereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have...
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On 17 May 2007, the first members of the Human Rights Council were elected. The Council consists of 47 members divided over five regional groups. Each member serves a three year term. At present the following States...
[8 March 2007] - Across the world today, one in every five girls of primary school age are not in school. When girls miss out, not only are they denied the chance to learn to read and write, earn a living and participate in democracy, it...
[BRUSSELS, 30 January 2007] - Iran's schools are nurturing a siege mentality in children with textbooks showing preparations for war and depicting Israel and the West as the enemy, an Israel-based think tank said on Tuesday.One textbook gave 13...
The outcome of the retrial of 19 year old Mahabad Fatehi, known as Nazanin, as a result of which she no longer faces execution, highlights the urgent need for legal reform in Iran to prevent those accused of crimes committed before they are 18 being...
La condamnation à mort qui pesait sur Mahabad Fatehi, connue sous le nom de Nazanin, dix-neuf ans, a été annulée par le jugement rendu lors de son nouveau procès. Cette affaire souligne à quel point il est...
