News Archive

Latest news and events on children’s rights around the world

It’s important that we know what is going on in the world. Both violations and developments in children’s rights need to be reported and shared. To alert us about a news story where you are, email [email protected].

UN: Summary of report into sexual abuse by peacekeepers
18 Dec 2015 News
The long-awaited report on the response of the United Nations' handling of sexual abuse of children by peacekeepers was published yesterday.  
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CHILD PROTECTION: New online resource for organisations to check if they are doing all they can to keep children safe
15 Dec 2015 News
Keeping Children Safe has just released an easy to use online self-audit to determine an organisations strengths and...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in schools
7 Dec 2015 News
Schools in the UK should not be required to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character according reforms proposed by a top-level inquiry into faith in multicultural Britain.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in schools
7 Dec 2015 News
Schools in the UK should not be required to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character according reforms proposed by a top-level inquiry into faith in multicultural Britain.
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ASIA-PACIFIC: Region facing a ‘hidden epidemic’ of HIV among adolescents, new report finds
1 Dec 2015 News
On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2015, UNICEF, UNAIDS and partners release the report: 'Adolescents: Under the Radar in the Asia-Pacific AIDS Response' .
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SAUDI ARABIA: More than 50 people, including several arrested as children, will reportedly be executed soon
30 Nov 2015 News
Saudi Arabia allegedly plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, including two sentenced as children, two Saudi newspapers reported this week.
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CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: Call for adequate recognition of children’s right to freedom of religion or belief throughout UN
25 Nov 2015 News
In this paper CRIN reviews the October 2015 report by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief covering children's rights and freedom of religion. 
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UN: More than 150 NGOs press States at UN on protections for human rights defenders
24 Nov 2015 News
In this joint letter more than 150 NGOs from around the world call on States at UN to reject attempts to weaken protection of human rights defenders. 
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UN: Statement of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the CRC's 26th anniversary
20 Nov 2015 News
A statement from the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the 26th anniversary of the CRC's adoption.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UN peacekeepers face new sexual abuse allegations
13 Nov 2015 News
United Nation's peacekeepers in Central African Republic were hit on Wednesday with fresh accusations of sex abuses uncovered by a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation amid growing concern about a failure to combat sexual misconduct.
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UNITED STATES: Transgender student should have access to girls' locker room
3 Nov 2015 News
The U.S. government on Monday found that a Chicago suburban high school district discriminated against a transgender student and gave the school a month to provide full access to girls' locker rooms or lose federal funding.
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Call for input: CRC General Comment on adolescents
30 Oct 2015 News
A survey to collect young people's opinions on the draft General Comment on the rights of children during adolescence.
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