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Highlights

The week in children's rights - 1505

what-we-do10 Nov 2016

The latest global news on children's rights, with this week's coverage on LGBT rights, juvenile justice, armed conflict and education.

PRESS RELEASE: Manfred Nowak appointed to lead study on Children Deprived of Liberty

news-archive25 Oct 2016

Manfred Nowak has been appointed as the independent expert who will lead the long-awaited Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty.

FRANCE: Life imprisonment sentences for children abolished

news-archive21 Oct 2016

France has become the latest country to ban life imprisonment for children.

CRINmail: Day of General Discussion special edition

what-we-do27 Sep 2016

A summary of discussions from the Committee on the Rights of the Child's Day of General Discussion (DGD) on the topic of “Children's Rights and the Environment”.

Research and Monitoring

Looking beyond the headlines

Discrimination and disenfranchisement: A global report on status offences

20 Apr 2016

Status offences criminalise actions for only certain groups of people, most commonly because of their religion, sexuality or age. This new CRIN report examines how these offences affect children and the new forms they are taking.

ZIMBABWE: Inhuman Sentencing of Children

11 Mar 2016

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

CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER THREAT: Old and new challenges for human and children's rights advocates in Eurasia

11 Dec 2015

MALDIVES: Inhuman sentencing of children

26 Nov 2015

UN: Children's rights and the Human Rights Committee

28 Aug 2015

CRIN MONITOR: The UN and children in armed conflict: playing politics?

24 Jul 2015

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Challenge

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Policy and Advocacy

Pushing for real change

Submission to the High-level Working Group on Health & Human Rights of Women, Children & Adolescents

7 Nov 2016

This submission focuses on issues of consent in health care.

The effects of terrorism and counter-terrorism measures on the enjoyment of children’s rights

25 Oct 2016

With terrorist acts making the news almost every day, the threat of terrorism and the means to fight it are becoming a key...

Protection of the rights of the child and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

14 Oct 2016

UNITED KINGDOM: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children

21 Sep 2016

INDIA: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing

21 Sep 2016

PAKISTAN: Submission to the ICCPR on inhuman sentencing of children in Pakistan

4 Aug 2016

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