Minimum ages

Sotto, you are wildly wrong on criminalising children

Victor — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:30:30 +0000

The Philippines' Senate President, Vicente Sotto III, has cited our research to support his reforms to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility. We reject this proposal in the strongest terms.

Langue Anglais

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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Langue Anglais

QATAR: CAT submission on inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:45:26 +0000

In Qatar, life imprisonment remains a lawful sentence for offences committed by children. The death penalty and corporal punishment may remain lawful for child offenders under Sharia law.

Langue Anglais

Right to work and the implementation of the SDGs: CRIN's submission for the OHCHR report

jthomas — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:52:32 +0000

In this submission we discuss how imposing a blanket ban on all child work without addressing the economic conditions which push children to work in the first place is not the best way to advance children’s interests. The submission also looks at ways of applying a rights based approach to child work in the context of the sustainable development goals, particularly Goal 8.

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Langue Anglais

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing

lratledge — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 09:36:30 +0000

The law of the United Arab Emirates falls short of prohibiting the death penalty and corporal punishment for offences committed while under the age of 18.

This report was submitted ahead of the 29th Session of the Universal Periodic Review in January 2018 as part of our campaign against inhuman sentencing of children - defined to include sentences of death, life imprisonment and corporal punishment.

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Langue Anglais

TONGA: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing

lratledge — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 09:29:37 +0000

The death penalty, life imprisonment and corporal punishment remain lawful in Tonga for offences committed by children.

This report was submitted ahead of the 29th Session of the Universal Periodic Review in January 2018 as part of our campaign against inhuman sentencing - defined to include sentences of death, life imprisonment and corporal punishment.

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Langue Anglais

SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY: CRIN'S submission to the report of the Independent Expert

ssaliba — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:34:37 +0000

CRIN's submission for the report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Langue Anglais

PAKISTAN: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:52:11 +0000

Corporal punishment, life imprisonment and the death penalty are lawful sentences for offences committed by children in Pakistan.

This report was submitted ahead of the 28th session of the Universal Periodic Review as part of our campaign against inhuman sentencing of children - defined to include setnences of death, life imprisonment and corporal punishment.

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Langue Anglais

KUWAIT: Inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:56:06 +0000

In March 2017, Kuwait abolished the death penalty and life imprisonment for offences committed while under the age of 18.

Langue Anglais

JOINT STATEMENT: Child Justice Advocacy Group calls on government of the Philippines to reject MACR reforms

lratledge — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:05:20 +0000

The Child Justice Advocacy Group calls on the government of the Philippines to reject proposals to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility

Langue Anglais

ARGENTINA: Juvenile life sentences breached human rights standards

Victor — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:42:02 +0000

Five Argentinian children were sentenced to life in prison, suffering grievous ill-treatment and incarceration for years before their cases were heard by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Langue Anglais

PHILIPPINES: Open letter to the Minister of Justice on the death penalty

lratledge — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:15:38 +0000

An open letter from CRIN to the Philippines' Department of Justice about draft legislation proposing criminalisation and execution of children.

Langue Anglais

ARMED CONFLICT: Comments on the draft Policy on Children of the Office of the Prosecutor

ssaliba — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 10:40:06 +0000

The comments were submitted jointly with Child Soldiers International in response to the call for input of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on their Policy on Children.

The policy informs the office’s interaction with children in relation to international crimes under the Rome Statute against or affecting children.

Langue Anglais

Une frontière arbitraire : document de réflexion sur les âges minimums

Louise — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:10:01 +0000

Un nouveau document de réflexion qui passe en revue l'utilisation et l'utilité des seuils d'âge dans le contexte de quelques questions de droits de l'enfant controversées. Le document révèle le caractère parfois incohérent, discriminatoire et arbitraire des âges minimums.

Langue Français

UNITED KINGDOM: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:46:03 +0000

Life imprisonment in various forms is a lawful sentence in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland for offences committed while under the age of 18.

This report was submitted ahead of the 27th session of the Universal Periodic Review as part of our campaign against inhuman sentencing of children - defined to include sentences of death, life imprisonment and corporal punishment.

Download the full report.

Langue Anglais