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].

HEALTH: Britain's House of Lords approves conception of three-person babies
25 Feb 2015 News
Legalising in-vitro-fertilisation, which will give babies genetic material from mother, father and a female donor, is believed to help eliminate mitochondrial disease which affects arround 100 children each year.
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SOUTH SUDAN: Gunmen kidnap at least 89 boys from village near Malakal
23 Feb 2015 News
UNICEF estimates that at least 12,000 children have been taken or recruited in South Sudan’s civil war for use as soldiers last year.       
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NIGERIA: Seven-year-old girl kills herself and five others in suicide bombing
23 Feb 2015 News
Terrorist group Boko Haram has been suspected to be behind the third incident this year in which children have been used to carry out attacks in Nigeria.
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IRAN: Illegal execution of juvenile offender
20 Feb 2015 News
Despite the international appeals to halt the execution, Saman Naseem was hanged on Thursday. He was arrested in 2011 at the age of 17 years.
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TURKEY: Teacher calls for 'harassment teams' against miniskirts
20 Feb 2015 News
The deputy principal of an Anatolian high school suggested that “male students could follow girls who wear short skirts to make them feel uncomfortable, after which the students would eventually have to dress ‘properly.’”
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IRELAND: Children will have the legal right to know the identity of sperm donor
17 Feb 2015 News
A sperm donation register will be established to help children trace their genetic identity under a new law to be approved by the government next week.
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AUSTRALIA: Top rabbi resigns after giving evidence at sex abuse royal commission
17 Feb 2015 News
Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant’s resignation is the second to result from hearings before the commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.
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EBOLA: World Health Organization calls for special care for children with ebola to address high mortality rate
17 Feb 2015 News
Experts discuss lifting the 'no touch' policy for Ebola patients to tackle the high mortality rate of 80 percent for children under five years due to lack of care.
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SOUTH SUDAN: Government forces recruiting child soldiers
17 Feb 2015 News
Both parties to South Sudan’s conflict are actively recruiting and using child soldiers, some boys as young as 13 years old. 
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SUDAN: Girls among victims of mass rape by the Sudanese army
12 Feb 2015 News
More than 221 women and girls were raped in Tabit over 36 hours in October last year, a new report reveals. Since the attacks, the Sudanese government has blocked UN investigators from entering the town to try to prevent victims and witnesses from sharing information about the crimes.
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GEORGIA: Animation film by children - ''Maintain your individuality"
12 Feb 2015 News
This animation film was created by children who are members of the Advisory Panel of the Children's Rights Centre at the...
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LGBT: Slovak referendum against gay rights fails on low turnout
11 Feb 2015 News
Conservatives failed to strengthen the existing ban on gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples. The referendum, which would have made it more difficult to change the legislation in the future, failed due to a low turnout of far less than the required minimum of 50 percent.
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