[February 2015]
This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up in the suffering of war zones. We must hope that, looking backward to 2014 in the years to come, what we lives through...
[16 February 2015] - This paper contributes longitudinal research evidence on the impact of structural inequalities on children’s development within households and communities, the ways access to health, education and other key services...
Children are human beings with rights and dignity. Children’s rights are human rights.
Because of their fragilty and vulnerabilty, children also ned specifc protection, which
means providing them with an environment in which they...
L'enfant est un être humain avec des droits et une dignité. Les droits des enfants sont des droits humains. En raison de leur fragilité et vulnérabilité, les enfants doivent par ailleurs faire l'objet d'...
CRIN’s collection of case studies illustrates how strategic litigation works in practice by asking the people involved about their experiences. By sharing these stories we hope to encourage advocates around the world to consider strategic...
This report by the Just Fair Consortium analyses state action and assesses the UK’s compliance with the duty to secure the human right to adequate food. In terms of structure, we start by outlining the key elements of the human right to food,...
The Children's Commissioner in England has published their Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) of Legal Aid changes on children since 2013. The work was done in light of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s recommendation...
This directory, assembled by the researchers at CRIN, provides a mapping of legal clinics with a specific focus on children’s rights clinics that exist in the European Union. It is meant to, on the one hand, serve as a guideline for children...
One of the major concerns of the care system is the overrepresentation of looked after children in the criminal justice system. Although only 7.9% of children in care aged 10-17 offend in any one year, this is more than twice the number of children...
What is immediately obvious from reviewing the justice systems of the European Union (EU), is that life imprisonment of children is now restricted to a small number of States, but that a substantial number of children are affected by such sentences...
