بالعربيةCouncil resolution 7/3 asks that the High Commissioner for Human Rights consults with States, NGOs and others on how to better international cooperation and dialogue in the UN human rights...
Summary: This year's theme is 'Lead, Empower, Deliver'As the world takes stock of its efforts to address the epidemic, at least one children’s organisation was warning against spending cuts on HIV and AIDS in light of the global financial...
Although sandwiched between the Convention on the Right's of the Child's 18th and 20th birthdays, this year's Universal Children's Day, which falls on 20 November, has nonetheless been marked with a flurry of activity across...
[WASHINGTON, 14 November 2008] - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will conduct an on-site visit to Jamaica from December 1 to 5, 2008, in response to an invitation by the government of Prime Minister Bruce Golding. This will be...
[LONDON, 18 September 2008] - The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) has just launched the latest edition of its Review 'Children's Right to the City'.In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half the world’s population will be...
[6 October 2008] - Police have solved less than half of the murders of children since 2003, according to data from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).The data revealed that, of 398 murders of children up to 17 years old, only 196 have been...
The Department of Correctional Services is to carryout a review of the policy regarding the care of children whose parents are incarcerated. The Department has been receiving some criticism since it was discovered that a 9-month old boy who was...
The General Assembly,Reaffirming the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, including developing friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,...
Summary: We are currently developing an international guide to human rights pro bono lawyers to accompany our toolkit on strategic litigation. If you know of other pro bono law firms, please let us know at [email protected] Defenders...
In Arabic[3 April 2008] – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the entry into force of the first international treaty on the human rights of persons with disabilities, after the required twentieth country ratified the landmark...
