Summary: The stakeholder report submitted for the Universal Periodic Review by the Italian NGO for the Convention on the Rights of the Childpdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/UPR_Italy_Gruppo_CRC_EN-2.pdf
Summary: Criticism comes in wake of France's decision to expel illegal Roma immigrants and destroy hundreds of their encampments.
The European Union was today accused of "turning a blind eye" as countries across Europe carried out a...
The Italian NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child will play host to the 6th Regional Meeting of NGOs Children's Rights Coalitions in Europe, which will take place in Florence, Italy from the 20th to the 22nd of October 2010.
The...
The vast majority of children living with HIV around the world lack access to HIV testing and treatment. We can do something about that. The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), in collaboration with partners around the world, are embarking on a year...
Summary: This course provides an advanced training in the use of statistical packages to analyse data on child labour, construct key indicators, and establish a profile of child workers at risk, in order to support evidence-based policy making.The...
The International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO) is calling for papers for its fourth international conference: "Building integrative juvenile justice systems: Approaches and methodologies regarding mental disorders and drugs misuse...
Nous rêvons que nos enfants aient une maison où habiter pour qu'on cesse de les traiter de « manouches ». Elpida, Rom de Macédoine, mère de six enfants, venue en Italie en 1991 avec son mari. Ils ont tous deux...
[11 March 2010] - Amnesty International has called on the Italian authorities to review a controversial housing plan that has resulted in the forced eviction of hundreds of Roma and paves the way for thousands more over the coming months.In a new...
Summary: Cardinal deplores initiative for 'trivialising sexuality' as headmaster of Kepler school urges others to follow.[10 March 2010] - For its critics in the Vatican, it is a matter of "deep concern". For its proponents, it is "...
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the use of crucifixes in classrooms in Italy.It said the practice violated the right of parents to educate their children as they saw fit, and ran counter to the child's right to freedom of...