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].

PAKISTAN: Most of the 126 people killed in Taliban high school attack were children
16 Dec 2014 News
The victims of the Taliban attach, a minimum of 122 people wounded and 126 dead, are aged between 10 and 20 years old, due to a local hospital.  
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INDONESIA: Security forces shoot dead five Papuan teenagers
15 Dec 2014 News
The children were shot at a protest over the brutality inflicted by soldiers on a 12 year-old boy who had shouted at a soldiers’ vehicle to turn on its headlights while decorating a Christmas tree. 
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CRIN STATEMENT: Extreme concern about call for reintroduction of the death penalty for children in Egypt
12 Dec 2014 News
The Child Rights International Network (CRIN) has become aware of a statement made by Mahmoud al-Badawi, Chairman of the...
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INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE: ‘Dark day for justice’ says ICC Prosecutor, dropping charges against Kenyan President
9 Dec 2014 News
[5 December 2014] – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Friday that she has decided to drop...
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UKRAINE: Half a million displaced in eastern Ukraine as winter looms
9 Dec 2014 News
[5 December 2014] – The fighting in eastern Ukraine this year has internally displaced over half a million people leaving...
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ARMED CONFLICT: ‘devastating year' for millions of children trapped by conflict
9 Dec 2014 News
[8 December 2014] – Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality, the United...
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CANADA: Parents defend children's act of civil disobedience in environmental protest
8 Dec 2014 News
While British Columbia premier criticised children's participation in a protest against plans to expand an oil company's pipeline, their parents defend their actions. 
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NICARAGUA: Another Latin American State protects children from all corporal punishment
8 Dec 2014 News
Nicaragua follows the other Latin American countries - Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia - in prohibiting all forms of corporal punishment of children in 2014. 
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SENEGAL: Women kill own babies due to strict abortion laws
4 Dec 2014 News
Clandestine abortions or infanticide are the outcome of Senegal's strict abortion laws, allowing abortions only under life threatening circumstances.
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CHILD TRAFFICKING: One in three human trafficking victims are children
3 Dec 2014 News
A UN report shows a sharp increase of the number of children among human trafficking victims over the last decade, with a very low number of convictions.
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UKRAINE CONFLICT: Child soldiers join the fight
3 Dec 2014 News
[26 November 2014] - Child soldiers appear to be playing a part on both sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. A boy as...
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PRISONS: UN criticises Sweden's children detention policy
2 Dec 2014 News
[28 November 2014] - The way Sweden treats children living in detention centres has been strongly criticised by the United...
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