Article 12: The childs opinion

This is the latest Human Rights Comment by the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights. 

[3 April 2014] - A draft law aimed at banning circumcision has received considerable support from the lawmakers in...

A new commission that will advise Pope Francis on sex abuse policy within the church includes an Irish psychiatrist who was assaulted by a chaplain when she was 13 years old. But it remains unclear if the commission will deal with the critical issue of disciplining bishops who cover up for abusers. 

Asia’s impoverished urban children are among the groups most vulnerable to disasters, yet few disaster risk reduction (DRR) programmes in the region focus on them, according to a new report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and children’s charity Plan International.