Committee Experts Raise Concerns about Children Being Recruited to Fight in Syria and Iraq, and about the Effective Criminalization of Violations The Committee on the Rights of the Child today...

Background The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child...

Sofia, 8 April 2019 Good morning and thank you for coming. Let me start by thanking the Government of Bulgaria for the invitation extended to me to undertake a visit to the country from 1 to 8 April...

5 March 2019 Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour for me to address the Human Rights Council as the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children...

GENEVA (22 January 2019) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of the Czech Republic under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the...

GENEVA (21 November 2018) – Italy’s proposed tightening of immigration rules will have a serious impact on migrants’ lives, and are of grave concern, UN human rights experts* said today, urging the...

NEW YORK/GENEVA (20 November 2018) - Today, as we celebrate Universal Children’s Day and the 29th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN child rights experts* urge Governments...

States must listen to girls to end prejudices and deliver their rights, say UN experts GENEVA (9 October 2018) – States around the world must take effective action to end discrimination and gender...