A draft resolution ‘protection of the family’ is back on the agenda at the Human Rights Council and seeks to restrict the rights of individuals within the family, in particular women and children.
Although medical associations largely see gun violence as a public health threat, with 10,000 children killed or injured by firearms each year in the US, efforts to address gun violence from a public health standpoint have been met with considerable resistance.
Statistics show that failure to prevent violence against children is resulting in serious economic costs to countries, UNICEF warned at the launch of its ‘End Violence against Children’ campaign in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
La Oficina Alemana de Investigación Criminal presentó un informe estadístico sobre los delitos en los que las principales víctimas son niños y niñas. Las cifras son pasmosas, pero sólo constituyen la punta del iceberg.
La ONU formuló 77 recomendaciones en el documento de análisis al informe sobre la situación de la niñez y la adolescencia que será expuesto a lo largo de esta semana.
A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National report', the 'Compilation of UN information' and the 'Summary of stakeholder information'. Also included is the final report and the list of accepted and rejected recommendations.
Read the latest edition of the quarterly global newsletter by the Global Initiative to End All Corporpal Punishment of Children featuring recent develpments, advocacy resources and updates from the UN.