Situated to the east of Vietnam across the South China Sea, the Philippines is made up of more than 7,000 volcanic islands, although most of its 95 million population live on just 11 of these. Having previously been under the control of a succession...
Summary: The guidebook describes policies and procedures in processing the records of street children for monitoring purposes, particularly the conduct of the intake interview. The guidebook describes policies and procedures in processing the...
Summary: Childhope's summary of the publication explains the community organising process and the qualities of a good community organiser.Childhope's summary of the publication explains the community organising process and the qualities of a good...
Summary: The 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review took place from 21 May to 4 June this year. Read the summary reports for each of the fourteen State reviews, as well as CRIN's children's rights extract reports.The 2nd cycle of the UPR...
Summary: This briefing paper provides a background of the armed conflict in the Philippines and its impact on children.Brief historic outline
Human rights violations
Child soldiers
Detention and kidnapping of children
Violence and extrajudicial...
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. This does not include the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which are...
The Philippines
Title:
Agnes Gamboa-Hirsch v. Hon. Court of Appeals and Franklin Harvey Hirsch
Court:
Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines
Date:
11 July 2007
CRC Provisions:
Article 3: Best interests of the child
Other...
Philippines
Title:
Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association of the Philippines v. Health Secretary and Ors.
Court:
Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines
Date:
9 October 2007
CRC Provisions:
Article 24: Health and health...
[14 August 2013] -
Lowering the criminal age for children will not solve the problem of more children being used for crime but will only worsen matters, Senator Maria Lourdes “Nancy” Binay has said.
Senator Binay said that the...
Summary: Le rapport annuel du Secrétaire général sur les enfants et les conflits armés présente des informations sur les violations graves commises contre les enfants dans 22 situations de conflit. [Le 12 juin] - Le rapport comprend aussi ce...
