The Three Ws of children’s bodily integrity

What is bodily integrity?

Why do children have it?

When is it important for protecting their rights?

Read, EnglishMaria Than28 August 2018Bodily integrityComment

Discrimination overruled in Austria’s age of consent laws

An activist lawyer working to advance LGBT rights in Austria brought a series of cases to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to eliminate discriminatory differences in the age sexual of consent for gay and heterosexual couples. After more than a decade of litigation, the offending article of the Penal Code was repealed, paving the way for further advances for LGBT people’s rights in the country.

Read, EnglishMaria Than23 August 2018Minimum ages, LGBTI rightsComment

Triggering a public inquiry into historic abuse in state care — the New Zealand story

For the last twenty years, care leavers, Maori and disability groups in New Zealand have been calling for an independent investigation into the root causes of systemic failings in the country’s care system. Notoriously unwilling to conduct a public inquiry into abuse in children’s institutions, New Zealand’s government finally conceded in February 2018, announcing the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care.

Read, EnglishMaria Than16 August 2018InstitutionsComment

Can you make [non]sense of jargon?

Are you engineering visionary architecture for children’s rights or engaged in cross-media mind-sharing? If you, like us, have no idea what this means, and often find yourself baffled by the impenetrable expressions of NGO speak, have a go at our jargon quiz below.