Civil and political rights

AUSTRALIA: Fresh hope for Baby Ferouz

Joe Sandler Clarke — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:47:29 +0000

Thirty-one children born to asylum seeker parents have been given permission to remain in Australia in a "one-off" move that follows sweeping immigration reforms in the Senate.

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Di que no a “Di que no”: Investigación sobre juventudes y privacidad en América

Victor — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:02:28 +0000

En esta contribución para CRIN, Mariel García-Montes habla sobre las tensiones entre las organizaciones que promueven distintos derechos, además de la importancia de reconocer la agencia de los jóvenes usuarios.

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Just Say No to ‘Just Say No’ — Research on Youth and Privacy in the Americas

Victor — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:41:28 +0000

In this guest post for CRIN, Mariel García-Montes discusses the tension between children's rights organisations and digital rights groups, and the importance of recognising children's agency.

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RAPPORT : What Lies Beneath

Louise — Tue, 15 May 2018 12:10:24 +0000

En tant qu'ONG, nous posons-nous assez souvent la question de savoir si ce que nous faisons est bien ce que nous devrions faire ? Notre travail est-il nécessaire, répond-t-il à un besoin ?

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DERECHO A VOTAR: Los países donde los menores de 18 años pueden votar

Victor — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:49:59 +0000

A nivel mundial, 23 países actualmente permiten que los mayores de 16 años voten en elecciones locales o nacionales, según datos recopilados por CRIN.

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REPORT: What Lies Beneath

Victor — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:07:17 +0000

As NGOs, how often do we question whether what we’re doing is what we ought to be doing? In other words, is our work needed and necessary? Here are CRIN's thoughts on this question.

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VOTING: CRIN's submission for draft guidelines on the right to participate in public affairs

lratledge — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:07:08 +0000

This submission was made in February 2018 to provide input for draft guidelines on the effective implementation of the right to participate in public affairs. It focuses on the right to vote and its relationship with childrne's right to engage in politics.

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THE RIGHT TO VOTE: Countries where under-18s can vote

crinadmin — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:34:40 +0000

Over-16s

Argentina
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina (only if employed)
Brazil
Croatia (only if employed)
Cuba
Dominican Republic (only if married)
Ecuador
Estonia (only in local elections)
Germany (only in some local and state elections)
Hungary (only if married)
Malta (only in local elections)
Montenegro (only if employed)
Nicaragua
Philippines (only in local elections and only if married)

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VOTING: CRIN's submission for OHCHR's study on the human rights of young people

lratledge — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:47:58 +0000

CRIN's submission on children's right to vote.

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Bayev and others v. Russia

lratledge — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:08:41 +0000

Case concerning the ban of "the promotion of homosexuality" to children in Russia.

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HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CRIN's submission on the draft guidelines of the Special Rapporteur

jthomas — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:00:37 +0000

This submission was made to inform the Special Rapporteur's guidelines on Human Rights and the Environment. While acknowledging the benefit of such guidelines in order to give clear, effective and practical guidance to States in relation to their obligations for the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, we believe that these guidelines would have more weight if they directly referred to the legally binding international instruments in which the obligations of States are embedded.

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CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CRIN's submission for the Special Rapporteur's report

lratledge — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:32:36 +0000

This submission was made to provide input on the report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment's report on children's rights and the environment in September 2017. All of children's rights apply in some respect in the context of the environment, but the submission particularly focuses on two aspects of children's rights in this area: participation and the relationship between population and sexual and reproductive health and education rights.

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The Christian Institute and others v. The Lord Advocate (Scotland)

basma — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 16:17:57 +0000

Case concerning legislation that provided for the sharing of private information between public agencies to promote the well-being of children.

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CHILDREN IN INSTITUTIONS: CRIN's submission for the draft General Comment of the CRPD on article 19

jthomas — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:01:35 +0000

CRIN's submission on the proposed draft general comment No. 5 by the UN Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD), on article 19 of the Convention.

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Right of persons with disabilities to equality and non-discrimination: CRIN's submission to the Day of General Discussion of the CRPD

jthomas — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 23:00:00 +0000

This submission focuses on the discrimination faced by children with disabilities and sets out the child specific content we consider it important to be included within the General Comment. It focuses on section III of the outline of the draft General Comment on the interrelation of article 5 with the other articles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

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