NEW YORK, USA, 9 November 2009 – UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassadors have joined in commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by appearing in public service announcements meant to draw attention to the groundbreaking international human rights covenant. The CRC turns 20 on 20 November.
On November 20th 1989, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), a ground-breaking human rights covenant for children.
Of course the thing that no one admits is that the life of the child transcends our feeble attempts at parenting. Fortunately, the child is not any more limited by our parenting than is our brain by our understanding of it. We have this conceit that we have to get parenting right or the child will turn out poorly. I don't intend to be glib about the danger of scarring a child, but I do know that the...
An online Lebanese journal reported an increasing number of young girls being married off, especially in smaller Lebanese villages and among Palestinian refugee groups. The journal cited the current global economy and violence as causes for this unsettling trend. According to Lebanese law, a child is defined as any person under the age of 18 and it is unlawful for them to be married (in accordance...
Voluntary organisation CRY is launching a nationwide public campaign from Children’s Day to urge the government to amend the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009. A release said the campaign will have interactive ...
There is an exhibition in Rome on the life of Princess Grace of Monaco (Via Terry Nelson .) I never knew that her confirmation name was "Bernadette." According to art historian Elizabeth Lev : The exhibit, however, lingers on the elaborate costumes she commissioned for her sophisticated balls and parties. This section, titled "The Queen of the Ephemeral" by curator Fredric Mitterand,...
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 6 November 2009– On Wednesday, Tanzania's Parliament, the Bunge, passed a bill known as the Law of the Child Act 2009. This landmark legislation effectively domesticates the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and provides the legal framework through which the rights of the country's children can be protected and realized.
November 20, 2009 is the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). According to UNICEF , " The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights — civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights." Only two United Nations member states have not ratified it: Somalia...
The international community is facing three major challenges in protecting children's rights, a senior UN official said in a recent interview with Xinhua. The three challenges included recognition of children as full individuals, protecting children and ensuring their full rights according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and universal registration of newborns, said Jean Zermatten,...
New sex education rules will help all children feel comfortable with their sexuality – except those in faith schools As a gay child, and in common with many gay children, I was terrified for most of my school life. My earliest sexual encounters – which all occurred before the age of consent (21 at that time) – were unsafe and I constantly felt that I could somehow be "in trouble"...
Rakesh Mani thinks that there has to be something wrong with Indian society for it to allow its children to be among the most deprived and malnourished in the world. Across castes and social classes, there is so little attention given to the inalienable right of a child to enjoy a childhood of good health, [...]
NEW DELHI: The Union government has asked the West Bengal government to conform to the regulations of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act while recruiting primary ...
India on Thursday told European Union that it would not like to discuss non-trade issues such as human rights or child labour while negotiating the free trade agreement..
NEW YORK, USA., 4 November 2009 – As part of the run-up to 20 November, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman yesterday introduced a photo exhibit and opened a documentary film festival with a special screening at UNICEF headquarters in New York.
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