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Published May 25, 2021, 2:15 PM Commission on Human Rights The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has joined hands with the international community in commemorating today, May 25, the adoption of two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the United Nations General Assembly. CHR Spokesperson and lawyer Jacqueline Ann de Guia explained that the 1st Optional Protocol improves the protection of children in contexts of armed conflict — from recruitment and use in h...

OHCHR GENEVA (14 May 2021) – The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 17 May to 4 June, during which it will review Luxembourg and Tunisia. The two countries are among the 196 States parties to the Child Rights Convention and its Optional Protocols. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention, its Optional Protocols, as well as the Committee’s previous r...

UN Child Rights Committee to review Luxembourg and Tunisia GENEVA (14 May 2021) — The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 17 May to 4 June, during which it will review Luxembourg and Tunisia. The two countries are among the 196 States parties to the Child Rights Convention and its Optional Protocols. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention, its O...

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations has petitioned the Government over what it described as reluctance in the speedy processing of the amendment of the Persons with Disability Act 2006 (Act 715). In the petition presented to the ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and the National Council on Persons with Disability, the Federation is demanding that Government attaches urgency to the amendment process for the full enjoyment of the rights and privileges o

NGO Monitor: EU funding campaign to trigger UN sanctions against IDF NGO Monitor: EU funding campaign to trigger UN sanctions against IDF The campaign, spearheaded by UNICEF’s Gaza and West Bank branch, is aimed at putting the Israel Defense Forces on the list of child-rights abusers published annually by the U.N. Secretary-General, says the watchdog group. By Ariel Kahana Palestinian children cheer during an event organized by UNICEF to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the...

EMA TAGICAKIBAU 27 January, 2021, 3:45 am There is still hope for a global ban on nuclear weapons in our lifetime, and Pacific countries have long shown particular commitment to achieving this goal. Two recent events have been encouraging. In December 2020, the first-ever meeting of state parties to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone (SPNFZ) Treaty was held to highlight the treaty 35 years after its adoption. It was a virtual meeting, organised by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in re...