Poverty and Economics

NEW ZEALAND: 'Never again' - the public investigation into historical abuse in state care

CRIN — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 09:23:22 +0000

How care leavers in New Zealand pushed the government to conduct an independent investigation into the root causes of systemic failings in the country’s care system.

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MONDE : Près de 385 millions d’enfants vivent dans l’extrême pauvreté

Louise — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 11:41:07 +0000

D’après une étude conjointe du Groupe de la Banque mondiale et de l’UNICEF, les enfants ont deux fois plus de risques que les adultes de vivre dans l’extrême pauvreté.

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ENVIRONMENT: CRIN submission for the CRC's Day of General Discussion on 'children’s rights and the environment'

Victor — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:38:56 +0000

The submission contributes information on the different aspects of children’s access to justice in relation to rights violations resulting from environmental damage.

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Minister of Basic Education v. Basic Education for All

Denitsa — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:53:21 +0000

Case concerning the provision of textbooks to school pupils in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

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UNITED STATES: Combatting climate change with the public trust doctrine

Victor — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:46:43 +0000

A group of children brought a petition to Washington’s Department of Ecology, asking them to adopt a rule to limit carbon emissions in their state. After being denied and then ignored they appealed against the Department’s rulemaking process claiming that, to be effective, it would have to be in line with up-to-date climate science.

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Les droits des enfants face au VIH et au SIDA

Louise — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:02:00 +0000

Children's rights and HIV and AIDS

The headline news of UNAIDS latest report reveals that the global AIDS epidemic is on the wane. The report, which marks World AIDS Day 2010, shows a decrease of almost 20 per cent in the number of new infections this year compared to the number of new infections recorded in 1999.

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APATRIDIE : pas le droit d’avoir des droits

Louise — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:00:19 +0000

Contents: Introduction - International law and the special protected status of children - Why are children stateless? - Consequences of statelessness for children - Challenging statelessness and realising children's right to nationality

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DISCRIMINATION : Roms et droits de l’enfant

Louise — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:56:56 +0000

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ZIMBABWE: Children born out of wedlock equally entitled to inheritance, court rules

Victor — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:04:23 +0000

The High Court judge ruled that the common law practice of excluding children born out of wedlock in inheritance matters was discriminatory.

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UNICEF: 'Progress for Children Beyond Averages - Learning from the MDGs'

Victor — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:00:49 +0000

This eleventh edition of Progress for Children is UNICEF’s final report on the child-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It presents latest data that show while the MDGs helped drive tremendous advances in the lives of the world’s children, development efforts in the past 15 years failed to reach millions of the most disadvantaged. The report spotlights where the international community must now focus attention and action to reach the most vulnerable children and achieve sustainable growth.

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CANADA : La Commission Vérité et Réconciliation qualifie de "génocide culturel" la scolarisation forcée des enfants aborigènes

Louise — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:20:58 +0000

Les Canadiens ont pris conscience du désastre causé par la scolarisation forcée de dizaines de milliers d’Amérindiens et d’Inuits de 1870 à 1970.

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LABOUR RIGHTS: Child labour and protecting working children

Victor — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:23:24 +0000

Ahead of the World Day against Child Labour on 12 June, CRIN looks at whether in countries where child workers will work with or without labour protections, is a blanket ban on child work the best way of guaranteeing children's interests?

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FRANCE: 3 millions d'enfants sous le seuil de pauvreté

Louise — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:25:18 +0000

Plus de 3 millions d'enfants, soit un sur cinq, vivent sous le seuil de pauvreté en France, 30.000 sont sans domicile, 9.000 habitent des bidonvilles et 140.000 décrochent de l'école chaque année, s'alarme l'Unicef dans un rapport publié mardi.

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CANADA: Forced schooling of aboriginal children was ‘cultural genocide,’ truth commission finds

Victor — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:04:16 +0000

The findings are part of a report documenting widespread physical, cultural and sexual abuse at government-sponsored residential schools run mostly by churches that Indian, Inuit and other indigenous children were forced to attend.

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R. on the application of Ric Williams by his father and litigation friend Richard Williams v. the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Denitsa — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:21:06 +0000

Case concerning a requirement for payment of a fee for an application for citizenship by a destitute child in the United Kingdom.

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