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The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a human rights treaty that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, and it has been ratified by all but two UN member states. The Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out the rights that are applicable to all children, regardless of their race, religion, gender, or any other status. These rights include the right to life, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to be protected from abuse and exploitation, and the right to participate in decisions that affect them. The Convention on the Rights of the Child also establishes the principle of the best interests of the child, which requires that the best interests of children be a primary consideration in all actions and decisions that affect them.
KINGSTON, R.I. – March 13, 2023 -In recent weeks, the issue of child labor in the United States – particularly among migrant children – has come under new scrutiny. In mid-February, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a release detailing a $1.5 million penalty paid by Packers Sanitation Services Inc., one of the largest food…
Bonded labour has been the subject of numerous debates for quite some time now. There has also been much debate in various parts of the world on how best to eliminate it. Yet, the menace continues to plague Pakistan to this day. According to a report by Al-Jazeera, more than 4 million people in Pakistan…
KOTA KINABALU: Efforts are underway to amend Sabah’s Native Court Enactment to put an end to child marriages. Former Sabah law and native affairs assistant minister Jannie Lasimbang said the Native Courts in Sabah will have to be prepared to deal with cases related to applications for marriages involving anyone below age 18 once the…
News Nicholas Maraj 2 Hrs Ago Minister of Labour Stephen McClashie – The Ministry of Labour has said it has received multiple reports of children under 16 working, with several incidents across Trinidad and one in Tobago. It shared a perception survey on its social media pages and with its stakeholders to investigate child labour….
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS): India is playing a significant role in ensuring the world is on track to meeting many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for children, said Cynthia McCaffrey, the UNICEF India Representative. She made the remark in an interview while speaking on vhild rights, the current situation in India and other…
Criminalizing pregnancies out of wedlock and outlawing “females posing as men” are part of the amendments to the Shariah Criminal Offences Enactment 2022 that the Terengganu state legislative assembly recently passed – and people are not happy about it. The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) are calling for a human rights impact assessment in…
COLOMBO (News 1st) – UNICEF says in order to prevent a child protection crisis in Sri Lanka, there needs to be a generation of data on the types of violence against girls and boys, the locations, the perpetrators and the accessibility of services. This will help improve the planning and implementation of programmes to prevent…
Human rights are standards that acknowledge and preserve the dignity of all people. Human rights regulate how governments and people interact with each other. No government, organisation or person has the authority to infringe on the rights of others. Everyone, including children, has the right to exercise their fundamental human rights. The UN General Assembly…
Veronica Gwaze In a space of a month, Zimbabweans have woken up to two bizarre cases of child sexual abuse. A nine-year-old girl from Tsholotsho last week became the youngest mother in the country after giving birth to a baby girl at the United Bulawayo Hospitals through caesarean section (C-section). Barely days before people could…
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution acknowledging children’s rights on World Children’s Day’ commemorated every year on Nov 20. The resolution was moved by the Member National Assembly MNA Mehnaz Akbar Aziz, who stated that this House realised the negative effects of climate change and the sufferings of 16 million children as…
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