Like all bad things left unsaid, uncovered, unacknowledged, unchallenged or even actively suppressed, they are allowed to fester like a dirty wound — and sexual violence is no exception. While all problems have a beginning, not all problems have an end — at least not one that’s in sight — and there are always reasons why things continue to happen
Read MoreOurs is a world run by adults with rules set by adults, but it’s today’s children who will inherit the consequences in years to come of adults’ political choices, despite having had no say in how those choices were made.
Read MoreUnder-18s represent almost a third of the world’s population, yet unlike adults, they have no say in the rules and laws that govern their lives or in deciding who gets to make them. But is it fair to systematically silence such a vast number of people just because of their age? Or is it discrimination on an unprecedented level?
Read MoreOurs is a world run by adults with rules set by adults, but it’s today’s children who will inherit the consequences in years to come of adults’ political choices, despite having had no say in how those choices were made.
Read MoreIn 2014 Baskut Tuncak was appointed as the UN’s top expert on human rights and toxics, a topic which some of the world’s governments have argued is not a human rights issue at all.
Read MoreToxic chemicals are everywhere. In the food we eat, the water we drink, even the air we breathe. We are constantly exposed to a cocktail of dangerous elements, often without our knowledge or consent.
Read MoreNot long ago CRIN created some special bingo cards for our trips to the UN to lighten the mood and enhance everyone’s listening skills. The diplomats and experts seemed to enjoy them, and we think you will too.
Read MoreWell, children are humans. All humans have rights. Therefore children have human rights. Easy. Or so it should be. But in reality, it isn’t so simple.
Read MoreChildren enjoy a vast array of rights, but there’s one set that’s conspicuous by its absence: political rights. Best represented by the right to vote, political rights are a defining characteristic of any democracy, and one of their key purposes is to give voice to all citizens, including those who might otherwise not be heard.
Read MoreChildren enjoy a vast array of rights, but there’s one set that’s conspicuous by its absence: political rights. Best represented by the right to vote, political rights are a defining characteristic of any democracy, and one of their key purposes is to give voice to all citizens, including those who might otherwise not be heard.
Read MoreWhat is bodily integrity?
Why do children have it?
When is it important for protecting their rights?
Read MoreAn 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 MoreFor 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 MoreAre 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.
Read MoreHave you seen this rule-breaker and mischief-maker?
Read MoreRighting a political wrong.
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