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Every country in the world has been ranked on how effectively children can use the law to challenge violations of their rights, in what is the first-ever global study on children’s access to justice, conducted by CRIN.

A prominent and outspoken British member of a papal advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy on Saturday refused to step down despite a no-confidence vote, and said only Pope Francis could dismiss him.

Read about the recent developments and campaigns in Africa by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children.

A total ban on corporal punishment may be enacted in South Africa after the country’s Human Rights Commission recommended the measure to the cabinet earlier this week.

'Radicalisation' has become a fearful term, and measures to prevent it in children are often excessive, even resulting in them being accused of extremism for simply exploring their own ideas. 

Four staff have been sacked following allegations of mistreatment of children at a young offender institution.

[12 January 2016] – Nearly 24 million children living in crisis zones in 22 strife-torn countries are being deprived of a...

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid by Nestle SA and two other companies to throw out a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for the use of child slaves in Ivory Coast.

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UN peacekeepers are facing new allegations of sexual abuse in the Central African Republic involving four young girls, according to the UN spokesman.

Two UN human rights experts have urged the Zambian Government to end the impunity of Zambian singer Clifford Dimba, convicted in 2014 for the rape of a 14-year-old girl and later made an ambassador on gender-based violence.