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Brazil: UN expert hails legislative breakthroughs favouring children separated from parents affected by leprosy (Hansen’s disease)
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GENEVA (8 December 2023) – A UN expert today welcomed legislative strides towards protecting and promoting the human rights of children separated from their parents affected by Hansen's disease in...
End the killing of children in armed conflict, UN committee urges
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GENEVA (20 November 2023) – With one out of every five children worldwide living within armed conflict zones, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child marks World Children’s Day in a sombre mood...
UN Child Rights Committee condemns killing of children in Gaza Strip
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GENEVA (1 November 2023) – Grave human rights violations against children are mounting by the minute in the Gaza Strip, and there are no winners in a war where thousands of children are killed. The UN...
Care and support is about human rights
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UN Human Rights plays a central role in promoting gender equality and bringing together the rights of women, persons with disabilities, children, young people and older persons, both as people who provide and receive care and support. Rights-based care and support systems are key to sustainable development.
‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule
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NEW YORK (24 October 2023) – Israeli occupation forces kill, maim, orphan and detain hundreds of children in the occupied Palestinian territory every year, a UN expert said today, and their plight has...
Education can transform the future, Türk says at Mideast and North Africa regional dialogue
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Distinguished delegates, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends. Every child is born with boundless curiosity and an openness to the world. It is through education that they are offered a profound route...
UN expert calls for robust child protection structures to stem unregulated and unskilled voluntourism
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NEW YORK (6 October 2023) –Voluntourism must be regulated and monitored, to protect children from exploitation and sexual abuse, a UN expert told the General Assembly yesterday. “The post pandemic...
UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on Albania, Andorra, Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein and Togo
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GENEVA (28 September 2023) - The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) today issued its findings on Albania, Andorra, Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein and Togo, after reviewing the six States...