We’ve made progress in many realms of civil rights over the past decades in the U.S. The rights of African Americans, women, gays and lesbians, and handicapped people have expanded, thanks in part to ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on the rights of the child and violations of human rights in armed ...

We write in advance of the 100th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (the “Committee”) and its review of Uganda. This submission focuses on children’s adequate standard of living, ...

Child abandonment, domestic violence & other violations against vulnerable groups accounted for the bulk of the 3,019 ...

Universal Children's Day on November 20 commemorates how 35 years ago, the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) entered into force, after the United Nations General Assembly adopted and ...

Children’s educational content creator Ms. Rachel broke her silence to defend the “human rights” of Palestinian children on Thursday, a week after a pro-Israel group urged the Department of Justice to ...

This is not about religion, ethnicity, or nationality. It is about fellow human beings whose dignity is being crushed. Defending them is not a left wing or right wing cause; it is the plain demand of ...

What is child marriage in Ghana? What has been the prevalent cause of people who marry before the age of eighteen (18)? What best practices under international law ensure maximum protection of ...

Independent producer Uday Jhunjhunwala has unveiled the establishment of a fund, fiscally sponsored by Desipina Productions, for film, theater, prose and poetry projects centered on international ...