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Project reunites trafficked children with families

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18 Jan 2023

Aminata Kebe, Coordinator of the PAPEV project and Georgina Da Silva responsible for the management of the AMIC centre for the reception of young girls visiting the market garden. ©OHCHR WARO Habibou

A project in west Africa aims to help reunite children living on city streets with their families, often based in other countries. The Project to Protect Child Victims of Rights Violations (PAPEV) operates in six countries and is a joint partnership between UN Human Rights West Africa Regional Office and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.

Global emergency of child exploitation and abuse needs global action: UN experts

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18 Nov 2022

GENEVA (18 November 2022) – UN experts today urged intensified efforts to combat persisting prevalence of violence, exploitation, abuse, trafficking, torture and harmful practices against children...

Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend the Democratic Republic of the Congo for its Endorsement of the Safe Schools Declaration and Ask about Child Labour in the Mining Sector

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16 Feb 2022

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on measures taken to implement the...

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child hail progress in Rwanda, but express concern about street and refugee children and worst forms of child labour

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28 Jan 2020

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC/20/05) 28 January 2020 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Rwanda on...

Convention on tourism ethics is major step towards tackling child exploitation, say UN human rights experts

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19 Nov 2019

GENEVA / NEW YORK (19 November 2019) – UN experts on human rights * have urged all States to sign up to a framework convention on the ethics of tourism, which they hailed as an important step forward...

Scourge of slavery increases amid new range of global issues, says UN expert

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09 Sep 2019

GENEVA (9 September 2019) – In a world where over 40 million people are enslaved and one in four victims is a child, the scourge of modern day slavery is only likely to increase as a result of...

Torture and forced child labour: UN experts find Nepal violated human rights

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27 Aug 2019

Nepali version GENEVA (27 August 2019) — Nepal must remove all existing obstacles that hinder victims of torture and forced labour in filing complaints, the UN Human Rights Committee said in a...

Togo must step up efforts to end worst forms of child labour by 2025 – UN expert

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31 May 2019

French LOME (31 May 2019) – Many children in Togo remain victims of the worst forms of child labour as domestic servants in private homes, in agricultural fields or in the mining sector, the UN...

Worst forms of child labour: Ebo’s story

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Stories

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03 Nov 2014

The UN Slavery Fund financially supports NGOs, which seek out and rescue children like Ebo and provide specialized assistance for their rehabilitation.

Committee on Rights of Child examines reports of Jordan on the Convention, Children in armed conflict and the Sale of children

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27 May 2014

Committee on the Rights of the Child 27 May 2014 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Jordan on its...