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This resolution on orphanage trafficking was adopted by consensus at the 147th IPU Assembly and endorsed by 180 parliaments.
Los daños medioambientales son una amenaza importante para los derechos de la infancia en todo el mundo. Los niños y las niñas exigen que se tomen medidas inmediatas y que se protejan sus derechos. Un medio ambiente limpio, sano y sostenible es un derecho humano en sí mismo y es necesario para que los niños y las niñas disfruten de sus derechos. Esta Observación General explica por qué es necesario tomar medidas urgentes en materia de medio ambiente y clima y qué deben hacer los gobiernos para proteger todos los derechos de la niñez. También deja claro que los gobiernos deben proteger los…
Les atteintes à l'environnement constituent une menace importante pour les droits de l'enfant dans le monde. Les enfants exigent des mesures immédiates et leurs droits doivent être protégés. Un environnement propre, sain et durable est à la fois un droit de l'homme en soi et une condition nécessaire pour que les enfants puissent jouir de leurs droits. Cette Observation générale explique pourquoi il est urgent d'agir en faveur de l'environnement et du climat et ce que les gouvernements doivent faire pour protéger tous les droits des enfants. Elle précise également que les gouvernements doivent…
Background:
The extent and magnitude of the triple planetary crisis, comprising the climate emergency, the collapse of biodiversity and pervasive pollution, is an urgent and systemic threat to children’s rights globally. The efforts of children to draw attention to environmental crises created the motivation and were the momentum behind this general comment. The Committee benefited from the contributions of children at its …
This is the CRC Committee’s report to the 77th session of the UN General Assembly which includes a section on the Day of General Discussion (DGD) on children’s rights and alternative care and the recommendations emanating from that process (pg. 16).
The purpose of this outcome document is: 1) to provide summaries of plenary sessions and the five working groups that took place during the DGD, and 2) to present a comprehensive set of recommendations on the key themes covered during the preparatory processes leading up to the DGD, including through hundreds of written submissions, a global survey of children and young people with care experience, and during the DGD itself.
This report contains concise summaries of the DGD sessions based on a thorough review of the …
These are the closing remarks of Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, at a side event in the context of the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. She pointed out that, "Providing care is a shared responsibility between men and women, and is also a responsibility of society as a whole."
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In the present general comment, the Committee on the Rights of the Child explains how States parties should implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to the digital environment and provides guidance on relevant legislative, policy and other measures to ensure full compliance with their obligations under the Convention and the Optional Protocols thereto in the light of the opportunities, risks and challenges in promoting, respecting, protecting and fulfilling all children’s rights in the digital environment.
The present general comment draws on the Committee’s…
This general comment from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child addresses children's rights in the child justice system, including issues relating to children recruited and used by non-State armed groups and children in customary, indigenous or other non-State justice systems. The objectives and scope of the present general comment include expanding the use of non-custodial measures to ensure that detention of children is a measure of last resort; and, for the few situations where deprivation of liberty is justified as a last resort, ensuring that its application is for older…
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 72/182 and Human Rights Council resolution 41/15.
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur seeks to highlight the situation of internally displaced children who are suffering and dying because of the lack of rapid and appropriate responses to their specific needs and protection concerns and the lack of capacity and resources to fill protection…