News on Special Session

The Struggle For Childhood

crinadmin — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:49:23 +0000

Summary: On 20 November 1989, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It restated the UN's commitment to the plight of children, while addressing the issues of street violence, sexual exploitation and drug abuse.

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Children are European Citizens too - Children and the future of Europe

crinadmin — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:19:07 +0000

Summary: The European Children's Network, EURONET, has submitted to the members of the European Convention its proposal to include an article on children’s rights in the next EU Treaty.

The European Children's Network, EURONET, has submitted to the members of the European Convention its proposal to include an article on children’s rights in the next EU Treaty.

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Annan Opens U.N. Children's Summit

crinadmin — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 17:29:54 +0000

Summary: UNITED NATIONS (AP), 8 May 2002 - Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened the first U.N. children's summit Wednesday with a stinging rebuke to "the grown-ups" of the world for failing "deplorably" to uphold the right of every child to grow up free of poverty and war and receive a quality education.

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Hundreds march for children's rights

crinadmin — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 17:17:27 +0000

Summary: NEW YORK, 8 May 2002 - Hundreds of children paraded through Manhattan today in a march for child rights, grabbing the attention and support of New Yorkers ahead of the United Nations Special Sessions on Children.

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UN Sets Blueprint for Children's Future

crinadmin — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:23:04 +0000

Summary: NEW YORK, 11 May 2002 - A special United Nations summit in New York has adopted an action plan to improve children's lives in the coming decade. The summit's final document includes programmes to protect children from poverty, disease and abuse, with specific targets for the coming years.

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UN: Child Death Figures Up

crinadmin — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:10:41 +0000

Summary: More than 5,500 children die daily from diseases caused by consuming water and food polluted with bacteria, according to three UN (United Nations) agencies.

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SPECIAL SESSION: NGO participation at follow up event [nomination]

crinadmin — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:40:19 +0000

Summary: Nomination process for NGO participation to the Special Session follow up event to take place in New York on 11 and 12 December 2007.

Event date: 11 – 12 December 2007
Location: UN Headquarters, New York

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About

crinadmin — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:06:24 +0000

Our goal

A world where children's rights are recognised, respected and enforced, and where every rights violation has a remedy.

Our organisation

Child Rights International Network - CRIN is a global research, policy and advocacy organisation. Our work is grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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SUDAN: Young woman sentenced to death by stoning

crinadmin — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:33:08 +0000

Summary: The woman's age has not been confirmed, but she is believed to be under the age of 18.

[31 May 2012] - The sentencing of a young Sudanese woman to death by stoning for adultery presents numerous grave violations of domestic and international law, Human Rights Watch said today. The sentence also underscores the urgent need for Sudan to reform its legal system in accordance with its human rights obligations, Human Rights Watch said.

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SOMALIE: Les insurgés empêchent les personnes déplacées d’accéder à l’aide

crinadmin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:14:24 +0000

Summary: Les insurgés d’Al-Shabab ont empêché des milliers de personnes qui fuyaient les régions somaliennes frappées par la sécheresse d’accéder à l’aide humanitaire à Mogadiscio ; ils les ont emmenés de force à 50 kilomètres au sud de la capitale, dans un camp de fortune où l’aide est extrêmement limitée.

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UNITED STATES: Supreme Court rejects Pfizer Nigeria lawsuit appeal

crinadmin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:17:01 +0000

[29 June 2010] - The US Supreme Court has given Nigerian families the green light to sue the drug company Pfizer over the use of a new antibiotic on their children.

It rejected the firm's appeal against a ruling allowing lawsuits to proceed.

The families say Pfizer did not get their proper consent to test the antibiotic Trovan on 200 sick children during a meningitis outbreak in 1996.

Eleven children died and others were blinded, paralysed or brain-damaged. Pfizer denies all allegations.

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OPT: Children facing settler attacks on way to school

crinadmin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:08:42 +0000

[AT TUWANI, 23 November 2009] - Being able to travel to school in relative safety is something children all over the world take for granted. But, for Palestinian children living in the shadow of the ubiquitous and illegal Israeli settlements dotting the West Bank, simply walking to school can be a terrifying experience.

"It is really scary walking to school. We never know when the settlers will attack us and beat us," says Rima Ali, 10, from the village of Tuba in the southern West Bank, about two hours drive south of Jerusalem.

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GHANA: Free health care for children?

crinadmin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:09:35 +0000

Ghana's Minister for Women and Children's Affairs, Hajia Alima Mahama, said the government is planning an amendment to the National Health Insurance Scheme law, giving all children under 18 free care.

The NHIS law provides that both parents of a child below 18 years should be registered with the scheme before the child can access medical care for free.

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BELGIQUE: Les mineurs en détention dans les centres fermés pour étrangers

crinadmin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:42:55 +0000

Vassili, Trésor et Angélica ont ceci en commun qu’ils sont des enfants, immigrés et qu’ils vivent en Belgique, chacun dans sa famille. Tous ont été réveillés en pleine nuit par la police, emmenés au poste et ensuite enfermés. Incarcérés sans avoir commis de crime, ils ont passé entre 10 et 79 jours à Melsbroek, Steenokkerzeel ou Merksplas, en « centre fermé ». Les plus chanceux ont pu s’en sortir, au prix de nombreux efforts et démarches, en n’en gardant que de lourdes séquelles psychologiques. Pour les autres c’est l’expulsion.

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ADOPCIONES INTERNACIONALES: Suiza es criticada

crinadmin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:52:29 +0000

[5 de marzo de 2008] - El control de las adopciones internacionales en Suiza no es suficiente. Esta es la conclusión a la que ha llegado un estudio de la fundación 'Terre des hommes'. El texto compara la tramitación de adopciones internacionales en seis países europeos: España, Francia, Italia, Noruega, Alemania y Suiza.

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