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NORTH KOREA: UN-mandated human rights inquiry documents 'widespread, systematic abuses'
18/fév/2014 News
A UN-mandated report documents a grim array of human rights abuses in North Korea and calls for urgent action, including referrals to the International Criminal Court.
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SOUTH SUDAN: New peace talks begin
14/fév/2014 News
Fresh talks to resolve the crisis in South Sudan have opened in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, more than two weeks after a ceasefire was signed.
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LIBYA: Blast injures 12 children at Benghazi school
14/fév/2014 News
Twelve children injured, two of them seriously, in a grenade attack on a school in Benghazi, officials say.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UN scales up efforts to assist children impacted by conflict
14/fév/2014 News
United Nations strives to set up temporary classrooms and scale up the food stocks for children amidst continued fighting and brutal violence in CAR.
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GAMBIA: Children join millions to vote for 2014 'Child Rights Hero'
13/fév/2014 News
Children in The Gambia have joined millions around the world to vote for the 2014 ‘Child Rights Hero’ that pits Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai, who fights for girls’ right to education and was shot by the Taliban as a result; John Wood from the USA, who for over 15 years has given millions of children in 10 countries access to libraries and education; and Indira Ranamagar, for her 20-year struggle for children of prisoners in Nepal.  
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BELGIUM: Age restrictions lifted on euthanasia
13/fév/2014 News
The amendment removes any reference to the age of a patient.
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Una niña con dos madres y un padre
13/fév/2014 News
Della Wolf Kangro Wiley Richards es especial, ya que por primera vez, y de manera consentida, será una niña con tres...
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"Planchado de senos" la técnica usada en Camerún para que las jóvenes no tengan sexo
13/fév/2014 News
Los embarazos no deseados son evitados en Camerún con el planchado de los senos, que las madres practican a sus hijas, con...
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Los niños evacuados de Homs están "débiles y demacrados", según UNICEF
13/fév/2014 News
El Fondo de la ONU para Infancia (UNICEF) ha informado de que los niños que han sido evacuados desde el viernes pasado de...
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USA: Executions are suspended by Governor in Washington
12/fév/2014 News
Death penalty gets suspended in Washington by the state governor, in a move to engage officials to "join a growing national conversation about capital punishment."
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