GENEVA (28 September 2018) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today held a Day of General Discussion on the theme of “Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights Defenders”, in which 50...

GENEVA (26 September 2018) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Benin under the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in...

GENEVA (25 September 2018) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Niger on measures taken to implement the...

GENEVA (21 September 2018) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to sixth periodic reports of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 19 September 2018 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth to sixth periodic report of El Salvador on how...

GENEVA (18 September 2018) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the third to fifth periodic report of Mauritania on measures taken to implement the...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 17 September 2018 The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventy-ninth session this morning, hearing from Orest Nowosad, Chief of the Groups in Focus...

Children’s rights: UN Committee to review Benin, El Salvador, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mauritania, Niger, and Saudi Arabia and to hold a Day of General Discussion GENEVA (13 September 2018) –...

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GENEVA (5 September, 2018) — States of transit and destination have an obligation to protect the human rights of Venezuelan migrants regardless of their migration status, two UN expert committees on...