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UK: Rochdale child sex abuse case - council apologises for failings

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT

Report says culture of complacency within the local authority allowed paedophile gangs to prey on girls

MOROCCO: Children in Protection enters: Children at Risk.. For an Integrated Policy (Arabic) to Protect the Child

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:41:00 GMT

قام المجلس الوطني لحقوق الإنسان بتحليل واقع الأطفال المودعين، بمقتضى مقرر قضائي، في مراكز حماية ال

OPT: Israeli inquiry says film of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura's death in Gaza was staged

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:05:00 GMT

Report says video of 12-year-old cowering with his father amid a gun battle shows no evidence he was killed by Israeli fire

AFGHANISTAN: Parliament halts debate on violence against women law

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:14:00 GMT

A debate by Afghan MPs about beefing up a law to prevent violence against women was halted amid angry scenes.

Freedom of expression rights of LGBT people must be strengthened

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:00 GMT

On the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T) 2013, ARTICLE 19 calls on states to strengthen protections of the right to freedom of expression for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, and to end impunity for violence against LGBT people and human rights defenders.

UNITED KINGDOM: Disabled row councillor's new 'remarks' being investigated

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:03:00 GMT

A councillor who resigned over his comments that disabled children should be "put down" is to be investigated over alleged new remarks.

CAR: UN agency 'condemns in strongest possible terms' killing of teen linked to rebels

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:33:00 GMT

The United Nations Children's Fund today condemned in the strongest possible terms the re-recruitment and the killing of a 17-year-old boy in the Central African Republic (CAR) associated with the S�l�ka rebel coalition and called for the release of all children linked to the group.

MALDIVES: UN expert calls for abolition of degrading and capital punishment against children

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:08:00 GMT

The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence Against Children, Marta Santos Pais, has called on the government to find an alternative for, or abolish, capital and degrading punishment against minors.

SEXUAL VIOLENCE: G8 reaches "historic" agreement to end rape as weapon of war

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:01:00 GMT

The world's eight richest nations have reached a historic agreement to work together to end sexual violence in conflicts, Britain's foreign minister William Hague announced.

SYRIA: Child marriage on rise among refugees, report aid groups

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:28:00 GMT

The desperate plight of refugees fleeing Syria's civil war is forcing some parents to marry off their daughters as child brides, aid workers warn.

ARMED CONFLICT: Most rape victims in conflict zones are children

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:19:00 GMT

Most victims of sexual violence in conflict zones are children who are suffering rape and abuse at an appalling rate, said campaigners who described the attacks as the "hidden horrors of war".

Palestinian Children � Issues and Statistics Annual Report, 201 3 (Arabic)

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:38:00 GMT

الاحصاء الفلسطيني يصدر تقرير أطفال فلسطين- قضاي&#

Creating Non-violent Juvenile Justice Systems: Call for information

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:21:00 GMT
Français / Español The International NGO Council on Violence against Children is preparing a re

GUATEMALA: Pressure on government to end abuses at psychiatric facility

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:54:00 GMT
Disability Rights International continues to pressure Guatemalan government to end human rights abuses at notorious psychiatric facility.

SOUTH AFRICA: 'Over 25% of schoolgirls HIV positive'

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:51:00 GMT
At least 28% of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive compared with 4% of boys because "sugar daddies" are exploiting them, according to the Health ministry.

UN Expert urges need to safeguard children against traditional harmful practices

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:36:00 GMT
On March 7th 2013, as a contribution to the Human Rights Council's annual discussion on the child's right to health, the Special Representative on Violence against Children and Plan International organized a side-event "Protecting Children from Harmful Practices" in Geneva. The meeting was organized in the framework of the annual day of discussion on the rights of the child to highlight the enormous challenge presented by harmful practices to the realizations on children's right to health.

SOUTH SUDAN: End Widespread Child Marriage, says human rights group

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:19:00 GMT
The government of South Sudan should increase efforts to protect girls from child marriage, Human Rights Watch has said. The country's widespread child marriage exacerbates South Sudan's pronounced gender gaps in school enrolment, contributes to soaring maternal mortality rates, and violates the right of girls to be free from violence, and to marry only when they are able and willing to give their free consent.

Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Human Rights Council Session 22, March 2013

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:49:00 GMT
Ms Marta Santos Pais, SRSG for violence against children, delivered her annual report to the Human Rights Council during its 22nd session. The report focuses on children's right to health in connection with the Council's Annual Day on the Rights of Child on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health.

SAUDI ARABIA: Group execution postponed

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:15:00 GMT
Saudi Arabia has granted a last-minute stay of execution to seven men who were due to die by firing squad and crucifixion on Tuesday for their part in an armed robbery committed when most of them were juveniles.

UNITED KINGDOM: Tory ministers plot Human Rights Act repeal

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:04:00 GMT
Senior Tory cabinet ministers have raised the prospect of pulling Britain out of the European convention on human rights, despite a pledge by David Cameron that the party will not lurch to the right in the wake of its drubbing in the Eastleigh byelection.