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 info@crin.org.

CAMBODIA: UN-backed report reveals scope of violence against children
27 Oct 2014 News
UN-backed survey reveals that 50% of Cambodian children have experienced at least one form of violence before the age of 18, and  about 25% have been emotionally abused.
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INDIA: 15 year old boy from Dalit minority lynched and burnt alive
23 Oct 2014 News
Boy from a lower caste was tortured then killed because his goat had strayed onto an upper caste man's field.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Elimination of violence against children in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice
23 Oct 2014 News
[16 October 2014] - Taking a strong stand on a range of issues from prisoners’ rights to protecting cultural property, the...
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Third Committee's Debate on Children’s Rights
23 Oct 2014 News
During the Third Committee's debate on children’s rights, top officials implored states to combat cybercrime and violence.
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OPT: Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli forces
17 Oct 2014 News
Thirteen-year-old boy shot three times in the chest during riot in village of Beit Liqya in the occupied West Bank.
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EXHIBITION: Rights, Not Charity
16 Oct 2014 News
Child Rights International Network has teamed up with the artist Miriam Sugranyes to put together a new exhibition at London's Southbank Centre celebrating 25 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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UKRAINE: Eastern Ukraine conflict continues to take heavy toll on civilians
16 Oct 2014 News
[8 October 2014] – While the fragile month-long ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is a welcome step towards ending the conflict...
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SOUTH SUDAN: Steps to tackle widespread sexual violence
16 Oct 2014 News
[13 October 2014] – Back from her first visit to South Sudan, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary...
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SYRIA: Release of 70 Kurdish children after 120 days in captivity
16 Oct 2014 News
[3 October 2014] – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today welcomed the release of 70 Kurdish children, who were...
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IRAQ: ‘Staggering array’ of gross human rights abuses
16 Oct 2014 News
[2 October 2014] – A “staggering array” of gross human rights abuses and “acts of violence of an increasingly sectarian...
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SOMALIA: Forced displacement shows ‘no signs of easing,’ UN agency warns
16 Oct 2014 News
[16 September 2014] – Alarming circumstances such as forced evictions, drought, conflict and lack of livelihood have...
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AUSTRALIA: Government faces asylum court challenges
14 Oct 2014 News
Australian government is facing two challenges in court over its policies towards asylum seekers.
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