Summary: This report was presented at a hearing on the use of lethal force by police in Jamaica at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in March 2008.On the morning of August 28, 2007, 14 year-old Lance Zab was sitting in front of a...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights held its 131st session from 3 – 14 March 2008 in Washington, D.C. During the session, the IACHR analysed petitions, cases and requests for precautionary measures. The Commission also heard...
[6 March 2008] - Andrew Holness believes the widespread violence in the society is to be blamed on the aggressive and violent forms of corporal punishment administered to children by teachers and parents under the guise of discipline. Holness,...
[28 February 2008] - A global violence expert has said that Jamaican infants are being subjected to severe forms of punishment from as early as age two, with boys being sanctioned more severely and more often."Violence becomes a part of a child...
[11 February 2008] - Mary Clarke, children's advocate and former director of the Social Development and Gender Unit at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), is concerned about the failure of Jamaicans to report child abuse - and especially...
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....
Summary: This is the first of several compilations by Save the Children UK of lessons learnt in contributing to regional and national rights-based legal and policy frameworks for children. Similar reports for Bulgaria and Egypt will be made...
[10 December 2007] - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) will turn 60 on 10 December 2008. Human Rights Day 2007 will launch a year-long UN system-wide advocacy campaign to mark this important milestone. The theme of the campaign, which...
