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Located on the North American continent, in addition to several semi-autonomous territories around the world, the United States has land borders with Mexico and Canada. The president, elected every four years, is head of state and of government and has extensive powers, though these are checked by two houses of an elected legislature. While civil and political rights are generally good, major issues remain with the treatment of children in the justice system, the use of the death penalty in some federal states and major differences in outcomes and opportunities for citizens from different racial backgrounds.
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3 Human development index105 Happy planet rankingOrganisations in United States
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- ABC Words in Action Corporation
- Adventist Development And Relief Agency
- Advocacy Project
- Advocates for Children and Families
- Advocates for the African Child, Inc
- AECF Annie E Casey Foundation
- African Aid Organization, Inc.
- African American Juvenile Justice Project
- Another Look
- Antarctica University
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Association for Childhood Education International
- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- BASE NEPAL
- Bernard van Leer Foundation
- Better Care Network
- Botswana-Baylor Children Clinical Center of Excellence
- Campaign for US Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ)
- CARE USA
- Casa Alianza - Covenant House Latin America
- Catholics For a Free Choice
- Center for constitutional rights and survivors’ network for persons abused by priests
- Center for Defence Information
- Center for Human Rights and Justice
- Center for Law and Global Justice USF School of Law
- Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
- Center for the Human Rights of Children
- Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association
- Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii, Manoa
- Centre for Media Education
- Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)
- Chab Dai Coalition - U.S. Office
- Chadwick Center for Children and Families
- Child Centered Millennium Project
- Child Fund International
- Child Helpline International
- Child Rights Caucus for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
- Child Rights International Research Institute
- Child to Child International
- Child Violence Identification and Prevention
- Child Welfare League of America
- Childhope International
- Children and Violence Caucus for the 2001 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children
- Children in Armed Conflict Caucus for the 2001 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
- Children in Organised Armed Violence (COAV - Viva Rio)
- Children Internationally Abducted of America
- Children Vaccine Programme
- Children's Forum 21
- Children's Pressline
- Children's Vaccine Program
- Children's Welfare International
- Children, Youth and Environments Center
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- Christian Children's Fund - Liason Office
- Christian Children's Fund - USA
- Civitas Child Law Center, School of Law, Loyola University Chicago
- Coalition Against Trafficking In Women - USA
- Coalition of Cuban-American Women
- Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism
- Community Information and Epidemiological Technology (CIET)
- Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
- Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
- Cot Life Society UK
- Council for Professional Recognition
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Develop Africa Inc.
- Disability Rights International
- Doctors Opposing Circumcision
- Dreams Can Be Foundation
- EarthAction International
- ECPAT - USA
- End Physical Punishment of Children - USA
- Environment and Health Caucus for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children 2001
- Equal Justice Initiative
- Equidad para la Infancia América Latina
- Espoir Inc
- Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
- Flying Kites
- Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children
- Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
- Friends of Education for African Children Orphaned by AIDS
- Fundación Escuela Nueva Volvamos a la Gente
- Girls Educational and Mentoring Services
- Global Action Network
- Global Campaign for Education
- Global Fund for Children
- Global Youth Connect
- GoodWeave USA
- Green Planet
- GVN Foundation
- Haitian Street Kids, Inc.
- Hariri Foundation
- Harrington Park Press
- Highland School
- Human Rights Advocates Natural Heritage Institute
- Human Rights Commission of Belize
- Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities
- Human Rights Education Associates
- Human Rights Educational Initiative
- Human Rights in China
- Human Rights Watch
- Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division
- Injustice Studies
- Innerchange - House of Hope
- Innocence in Danger
- Institute for Families in Society
- Institute of Child Development
- Institute of Human Rights, Emory University
- Institute on Family and Neighbourhood Life
- Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
- Inter-American Commission of Women
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Inter-American Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
- International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM)
- International Center for Transitional Justice
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International Child Art Foundation
- International Coalition for Genital Integrity
- International Families
- International Federation of Business and Professional Women - UK
- International Federation of Social Workers
- International Foundation for Children's Education
- International Institute for Child Rights and Development
- International League for Human Rights
- International NGO Council on Violence Against Children
- International NGO Task Group on Legal and Institutional Matters
- International Organization for Adolescents
- International Planned Parenthood Federation
- International Rescue Committee - USA
- International Social Services - USA
- International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Intervida World Alliance
- Jubilee Campaign - USA
- Juvenile Law Center
- Kabissa
- Kenya AIDS Intervention Prevention Project Group
- King County Kids' Court/Office of the King County Prosecuting Attorney
- La Leche League International
- Leigh, Day & Co. Solicitors
- Life for Relief and Development
- Madre, Inc.
- Medical Mission Sisters
- Middle East Children's Alliance
- Minority Rights Group International
- Modern Discussion
- Movement for the Protection of the African Child
- Musasa Project
- National Center for Refuge & Immigrant Children, a Program of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
- National Coalition for Haitian Rights
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
- National Committee for the Rights of the Child USA
- National Council of Churches of Christ USA
- National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence
- National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
- National Education Association
- National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)
- National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States
- Natural Heritage Institute
- Network of Sex Work Projects
- Never Again International
- New School University
- NGO Committee on UNICEF
- NGO Working Group on Girls
- Nukanti Foundation for Children
- Office of the Public Defender Northern Judicial Circuit, Georgia
- Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
- One Child International Inc. (www.1child.net)
- Organisation for the Protection of Children's Rights
- Pangaea
- Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education
- Peaceways- Young General Assembly Secretariat
- Pegasus Legal Services For Children
- Perhaps...Kids Meeting Kids
- Prison Fellowship International
- Program on Forced Migration and Health, Columbia University
- Progressive Initiative for Cameroon
- Project Grads for Teen Mothers
- Rainbows of Hope
- Randolph Macon College
- Rehabilitation International
- Results
- Rural Integrated Development Organisation
- Save the Children USA
- Shirley Ann Sullivan Educational Foundation
- SOS Children's Villages International
- Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
- Sports for Hunger/Hunger Resource Centre
- Sri Sevasadan
- Stop Spanking
- Student Campaign for Child Survival
- Taiwan Fund for Children and Families
- Task Force on Children's Nutritional Rights
- Task Force on Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents in & by Hospitals and Health Services
- Tayam
- Temple of Understanding
- The Advocates for Human Rights (formerly Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights)
- The Applied Research Center
- The New York Times
- The Office of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on Violence against Children
- TIME
- Try-Again Homes, Inc.
- UN - United Nations
- UN Enable, Division for Social Policy and Development, Focal Point on Disability
- UN Foundation
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - New York
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- UN Security Council
- UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children
- UNESCO
- UNICEF
- UNICEF - Division of Evaluation Policy & Planning
- UNICEF - Nicaragua
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF Library
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- United Nations - Division for the Advancement of Women
- United Nations Population Fund
- United States Fund for UNICEF
- University of Colorado - Children, Youth and Environments
- University of Iowa - Center for Human Rights
- Unlimited Productions
- US Campaign to Ban Landmines
- US Coalition for Child Survival
- Viva
- Voice of America News (VOA)
- Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
- Wellspring Advisors LLC
- Winrock International
- Witness
- Women's Refugee Commission
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- Working Group on Girls Caucus
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
- World Association of Early Childhood Educators
- World Bank Group
- World Bank Group - Global Child Labour Programme
- World Coalition for Indigenous Children and Youth
- World Hope Foundation
- World Movement of Mothers
- World Organisation for Early Childhood Education - USA
- World Vision International - USA
- World Vision Relief and Devolopment
- Youth Advocate Program International
- Youth Coalition
- Youth Empowerment Alliance, Inc.
- Youth World Travel Organisation
- Youthink!
- YouthNet
- Zonta International
