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The Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded its consideration of the sixth and seventh combined periodic report of Sweden, with Committee Experts praising the planned national strategy on preventing violence against children, and raising questions about the use of isolation and restraints in psychiatric hospitals and the high youth crime rate.

We write in advance of the 72nd pre-session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights regarding its review of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

The situation is getting worse day by day, and there are no signs of a solution on the horizon, due to the failure of the Libyans to find

Syria is a West Asian country that has borders with Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel. It also has a Mediterranean Sea beachfront

Dr. Nihal Jayawickrema (Continued from last week) If the health of the nation has been seriously compromised, it is principally due to the failure of its political leadership, all of whom represent, or have represented predominantly Sinhalese electorates. For them, the constituency is essentially Sinhalese in race, Buddhist in religion, and Mahawamsa in mindset. Under […]

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s announced three days before the end of last year that her government would enact laws to crack down ever harder on youth offenders. Paul Gregoire reports.

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired the regular session of the National Commission dealing with the issues of persons with disabilities, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister.

The Ghana National Coalition of NGOs on the Right of the Child (GNCRC) has called on the Government to rectify the United Nations Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. The Protocol comes under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which seeks…

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Monday, Dec. 26, assured Filipinos not to be afraid of the SIM Registration Act as the law “will not be used for state surveillance, red tagging or any other nefarious purpose.” Durin

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