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].

ZAMBIA: No justice for child raped by celebrity
27 Oct 2015 News
Zambia’s President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has been hit by crisis after crisis since taking office in January this year, but his greatest shame is one entirely of his own making.
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EUROPE: Sexual rights and risks among youth online
26 Oct 2015 News
Children and youth are one of the fastest-growing groups of internet users, bringing them great opportunities – but also new risks.
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EXPLOITATION: Joint submission to the OHCHR on ​ICTs and child sexual exploitation
19 Oct 2015 News
Joint submission for the OHCHR report on "Information and communication technology and child sexual exploitation".
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UNITED KINGDOM: Bishop escaped abuse charges after royal family, MPs intervened, court told
7 Oct 2015 News
MPs, a lord chief justice, a member of the royal family and public school headmasters all intervened to stop a bishop being prosecuted for sexual abuse 22 years ago, the Old Bailey has heard.
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SOMALIA: Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
2 Oct 2015 News
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has welcomed Somalia’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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PAKISTAN: Man initially arrested as a teenager faces execution
28 Sep 2015 News
Pakistani authorities are set to hang a man who says he was 15 when arrested for a murder he says he did not commit, lawyers have said.
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AFGHANISTAN: President vows to stop 'inhuman' child sex abuse
24 Sep 2015 News
The Afghan government says it has "undertaken serious measures" to prevent "abominable" child sexual abuse following a report alleging the practice was rife among the country's armed forces and militias.
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UK: Nations using child soldiers are invited to British arms fair
14 Sep 2015 News
The UK is selling arms to countries where child soldiers are routinely used or where youngsters are targeted in war zones. 
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TRANSPARENCY: Ostracised, sacked … and even arrested: the fate of whistleblowers at the UN
14 Sep 2015 News
Former employees say United Nations is failing to protect those who report corruption, malpractice or sexual abuse
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Syria & Iraq: The Chemical Weapons Curse
11 Sep 2015 News
Reports have emerged of continues of chemical weapons use across the Syrian - Iraq border, by both the  Islamic State militant group and the Syrian government.
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UNITED STATES: Department of Labor sues Mormon sect $1.9m for oppressive child labour practices
11 Sep 2015 News
A multi-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor revealed that the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints employed young children illegally to harvest pecans.  
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HEALTH: Child death rate cut by half, but UN target missed
10 Sep 2015 News
As many as 16,000 children under five die each day, even though they are half as likely to die before their fifth birthday now than they were in 1990.
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