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].

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Two more states achieve prohibition
16 Mar 2015 News
Benin and Andorra have joined the list of now 46 states prohibiting all forms of corporal punishment. Benin is the seventh in Africa and Andorra is the 28th county in Europe.
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PAKISTAN: Execution scheduled for man tortured into manslaughter ‘confession’ at 14
12 Mar 2015 News
After the first execution has been suspended due to internationl pressure, Shafqat Hussain has now been handed another execution warrent.
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NIGERIA: Child brides facing death sentences a decade after child marriage prohibited
11 Mar 2015 News
Ten years after underage marriage was prohibited, 39 percent of girls are married before age 15, and two remain on death row for killing much older husbands.      
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ITALY: Scores of migrant boat children sent to care facilities, but hundreds still waiting
6 Mar 2015 News
More than 700 unaccompanied children are still living in initial reception facilities in Italy while they wait to be placed in children’s homes.
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UNHRC 28th Session: Opening statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights
6 Mar 2015 News
The High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein presents the annual report on the OHCHR activities to open the Human Rights Council session in Geneva on 3 March 2015.
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NIGERIA: Children deliberately targeted in latest Boko Haram attack, survivors report
6 Mar 2015 News
The terrorists killed 68 people in the remote village of Njaba in northeast Nigeria in the dawn on Thursday.
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PAKISTAN: Man sentenced to death at the age of 16 due to be executed in Karachi
4 Mar 2015 News
Muhammad Afzal, who spent 16 years in prison after receiveing his death sentence in 1999 by an anti-terrorism court, will be hanged on 05 March 2015. 
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FRANCE: Violation of European treaty on corporal punishment
4 Mar 2015 News
The Council of Europe has criticised France for the lack of an explicit and clear ban of corporal punishment in national law. 
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Uzbekistan: Internet cafes closed early to 'protect' youth
3 Mar 2015 News
[25 February 2015] - A decree came into force in Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent, on February 25 requiring Internet cafes...
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SEX EDUCATION: Law allows parents to opt out their children from controversial Ontario sex-education curriculum
3 Mar 2015 News
Education Minister Liz Sandals confirmed that parents will be able to pull their children out of some lessons of the new sex education curriculum. 
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VIOLENCE: Call for submissions on leading project on understanding resilience in children exposed to abuse and exploitation
25 Feb 2015 News
Oak Foundation is seeking to commission an organisation with significant international field experience and a track record...
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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Venezuelan 14-year-old killed during anti-government protest
25 Feb 2015 News
Kluiverth Roa was injured during a confrontation between police and protesters in the city, and died on the way to the hospital, according to local human rights workers.
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