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Children in Northern Ireland demand change to voting age, call for 16-year-olds to have a political voice. https://t.co/GO4SquEkxJ @NIYF
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Highlights

what-we-do20 Sep 2017

The latest global news on children's rights, this week featuring inhuman sentencing, education and child protection, sexual abuse and refugees.

CZECH REPUBLIC: First steps taken on ending anti-Roma discrimination in schools

publications13 Sep 2017

In 1999, D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic became the first case in Czech history to seek an end to anti-Roma discrimination in education.

EDUCATION: Civil society call on investors to cease support to BIA

publications1 Aug 2017

174 organisations worldwide call investors to cease support to American chain of schools Bridge International Academies

USING THE LAW FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: An introductory guide

legal4 Jul 2017

While many authorities can tolerate some traditional campaigning methods, it is usually harder to ignore the law. As part...

Research and Monitoring

Looking beyond the headlines

KUWAIT: Inhuman sentencing of children

14 Feb 2017

On 1 January 2017, legislation came into force that allows children to be lawfully sentenced to death and life imprisonment for crimes committed when they were 16 or older.

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

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