Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263 of 25 May 2000...
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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...
[10 de mayo de 2007] - En Paraguay no existe prohibición alguna del castigo corporal para niñas y niños en escuelas y en el hogar, y en seis países de América Latina no existe legislación alguna al respecto. La Iniciativa Global...
[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...
A sub-regional seminar on the implementation of the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child was organised in November 2005. Over 150 people from 10 South American countries, including Government representatives,...
[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...
Durante su 126º período ordinario de sesiones, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) celebró varias reuniones de trabajo de peticiones y de casos que están en proceso de solución amistosa, así como de seguimiento del...
During its 126th regular period of sessions, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) held several working meetings on petitions and cases in the process of friendly settlement, as well as on follow-up on compliance with recommendations...
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...
