Publications

Our research indicates that in Zimbabwe, people may lawfully be sentenced to life imprisonment for offences committed while under the age of 18 and males under the age of 18 may be sentenced to corporal punishment.

The death penalty is explicitly prohibited for any offence committed by a person under the age of 18, but life...

Sentenced to death for a crime allegedly committed when he was just 14, a Bangladeshi boy’s case became the centre of a lengthy legal battle which ultimately led to mandatory executions being declared unconstitutional.

Promoting the use of clear language among children’s rights advocates ...

This submission draws attention to neglected areas of child migrants’ rights, including their right to work, detention and criminalisation, discriminatory language used to refer to migrant children, and access to justice. 

This week CRIN launched the first ever global report and ranking on access to justice for children. The government of the...

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Access to justice is a human right, but it is also what makes other rights a reality. For children’s rights to be more...

Capital punishment is unconstitutional for offences committed by persons under the age of 18 and sentences of corporal...

Part of a law which allowed the Colombian government to charge for primary education was deemed unconstitutional after a direct challenge against its discriminatory provisions.

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The Children’s Act 2013 has substantially amended much of the relevant legislation on the criminal sentencing of children,...