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].

YEMEN: Civilian casualties, humanitarian concerns mounting as fighting continues
7 Apr 2015 News
[6 April 2015] – The violence in Yemen continues to wreak havoc upon the country's civilian population and restrict...
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YEMEN: ‘Children urgently need our protection,’ warns UN child rights envoy as casualties mount in Yemen
7 Apr 2015 News
Over the past week alone, 62 children were killed and 30 others injured.
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AFGHANISTAN: Four children dead in latest deadly bombing
7 Apr 2015 News
[2 April 2015] – The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan has condemned “in the strongest terms” today’s deadly...
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Africa Newsletter #18
31 Mar 2015 News
Read about the recent developments and campaigns in Africa by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children.
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GUATEMALA: Planned mega-dam caused killing of two indigenous children and rights violations of thousands more
27 Mar 2015 News
The planned mega-dam, which is backed by European development banks, has been blamed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for the death of two Mayan children from August 2014.   
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PAKISTAN: Last-minute stay of execution issued for man sentenced to death aged 14 extended to 30 days
23 Mar 2015 News
Following an outcry over the case of Shafqat Hussain, the President of Pakistan has announced the extension of the halt of his execution for 30 days.
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CAMPAIGNING: CRIN's joint letter to Pakistan's Federal Minister for Interior
23 Mar 2015 News
Read the letter CRIN, together with other human rights organisations, sent to Pakistan's minister after the halt of Shafqat Hussain's execution for 72 hours and before it's extension to 30 days. 
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IRAQ: ISIL may have committed genocide, says UN human rights report
20 Mar 2015 News
Evidence from a UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report released today suggests that the attacks against ethnic and religious groups by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant may have been genocide.  
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KYRGYZSTAN: Activists say government dithering on disability convention
19 Mar 2015 News
Kyrgyzstan's signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2011 remains effectless with the parliament's ongoing failure to implement the convention into national legislation.
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EGYPT: Student forcibly disappeared in Fayoum
18 Mar 2015 News
Police denies the 17-year-old's detention after he has been arrested in his home.
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ISRAEL: UN officials accused of bowing to Israeli pressure over children's rights list
18 Mar 2015 News
UN officials accused of caving in to Israeli pressure to abandon moves to include the state’s armed forces on a UN list of serious violators of children’s rights.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Report on the status of the right to education
17 Mar 2015 News
Organisations and individuals are invited to submit relevant information for the upcoming report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNICEF.
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