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Committee on the Rights of the Child

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Name: Committee on the Rights of the Child

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Bringing a human rights perspective to the debate surrounding the vaccination of children

Associate Professor Paula GerberThe debate around whether children should be vaccinated against illness such as the measles and whooping cough tends to be highly emotive and divisive, with the medical profession on one side talking about epidemics and ... [Published Monash University - May 23 2013]

Entities: Convention On the Rights of the Child, Vaccine, Human Rights, Education

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

End child enlistment in our armed forces

Britain remains one of just 20 countries in the world which still recruits children from the age of 16 into the armed services.Most accept it as simply the ‘way things are’, but I would think many have never really considered what it means to enlist 16 ... [Published Progress Labour's Progressives - May 22 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Children's Rights Alliance for England, Committee on the Rights of the Child, United Kingdom

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

Children must be at centre of Africa’s development agenda

High-level panel agrees children must be at centre of Africa’s development agenda - As the African Union (AU) marks its 50th anniversary, there is no better opportunity for the continent to ensure that children’s rights are put at the centre of future ... [Published Afrique En Ligne - May 21 2013]

Entities: Joaquim Chissano, Malnutrition, Nutrition, Graca Machel

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Alex Cunningham MP: Stop armed forces recruiting children

Ahead of his debate today, Labour MP Alex Cunningham argues that the UK’s "routine" practice of recruiting 16 year olds into the armed forces has to stop.It strikes me as amazing that in the 21st century we have 16 year olds making a decision to sign ... [Published ePolitix.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Child Soldiers, United Kingdom, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Human Rights Committee

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Lebanon: Education in Lebanon

Source: War Child InternationalCountry: Lebanon Lebanon has made significant strides in improving education in recent years, but much remains to be done. A signatory of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, Lebanon still needs to ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 19 2013]

Entities: Lebanon, Education, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Decree

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Indias shame: 3,000 child soldiers involved in armed conflicts

Indias shame: 3,000 child soldiers involved in armed conflictsGuwahati, May 16At least 3,000 children, 500 in Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir and about 2,500 in Naxal-affected states of the country, are working for armed militant/rebel groups. It has ... [Published Chandigarh Tribune - May 16 2013]

Entities: Child Soldiers, Armed Conflict, India, Centre for Human Rights, Committee on the Rights of the Child

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Children: Recording and reporting abuse

It is absolutely shocking that in a country of this population, 26 people were found guilty of and were given prison sentences for abusing children last year alone. It should be pointed out that the total equates to one child abuse conviction every two ... [Published Malta Independent Daily - May 16 2013]

Entities: Child Abuse, Corporal Punishment, Abuse, Malta, Conviction

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

UNICEF report gives St. Maarten good grade relating to child rights

MAHO--St. Maarten received good grades from the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF as it relates to the rights of children and adolescents in the country. However, members say there is still room for improvement and encourage the island to improve ... [Published St Martin Daily Herald - May 14 2013]

Entities: United Nations International Children's Emergen..., Relativity, Health Care, Education, Silveria

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 2 reports

Indian rebels recruiting children ‘as young as six’

Young child soldiers, like these in the former Tamil Tiger separatist militant organisation in Sri Lanka, have reportedly been recruited by insurgent groups across India. Photo: Reuters2 hours 23 min agoNEW DELHI — At least 3,000 children as young as ... [Published Today Online - May 12 2013]

Entities: Child Soldiers, Armed Conflict, India, Centre for Human Rights

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 2 reports

500 child soldiers in northeast, J&K: Report

GUWAHATI, May 10(Agencies): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in its report, "India's Child Soldiers", released on Thursday, said at least 3,000 children are members of militant outfits and 500 of them are in the northeast and Jammu and Kashmi ... [Published Kashmir Times - May 11 2013]

Entities: Child Soldiers, Committee on the Rights of the Child, United Nations, India, Armed Conflict

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

India has thousands of child soldiers: ACHR

New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS): (ACHR) on Thursday released its report, Indias Child Soldiers, claiming it to be the first ever comprehensive study on the subject in India, and accused the government in New Delhi of defending the records of the armed opposition ... [Published India Blooms - May 09 2013]

Entities: Child Soldiers, Committee on the Rights of the Child, India, United Nations, Armed Conflict

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

500 days left to 'get it right for every child'

Today marks the approximate half-way mark of this parliamentary term, meaning the current parliament has just 500 days left to progress the status and wellbeing of our children says Every Child Counts-."There is overwhelming evidence that the best investment ... [Published Voxy.co.nz - May 02 2013]

Entities: Well-being, Child Poverty, Strategic Plan, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Rheumatic Fever

Quotes

"kids are already disadvantaged by being exposed to illnesses and this legislation would only further disadvantage them.”"

Bringing a human rights perspective to the debate surrounding the vaccination of children [Published Monash University - May 23 2013]

"Children under the age of 18 make up as much as 60 percent of the population in some African countries. Not only should such a large constituency have their rights promoted and protected, they also represent a potential productive workforce that can further drive and accelerate economic growth in the region,” said Ambassador Moushira Khattab, former vice chair of the UN CommitteeCommittee on the Rights of the Child."

Children must be at centre of Africa’s development agenda [Published Afrique En Ligne - May 21 2013]

"But there remains an urgent and unfinished agenda for Africa's children and it is imperative that the post-MDG framework tackles children's realities and their potential in a comprehensive and accountable way. So for the sake of development - human, social and economic - it is time to put children and their rights and best interests at the centre of development, nowhere more so than in Africa" he added

Rwanda: African Govts Advised to Place Children At the Centre of Post-2015 Development [Published AllAfrica.com - May 21 2013]

...economic growth in the region", said Ambassador Moushira Khattab, former Vice Chair of the UN CommitteeCommittee on the Rights of the Child. "So our goal is simple - to ensure the rights and needs of these children are front and centre in the post-2015 development agenda"

Eminent African Leaders Call for Children to Be At the Centre of the Post-2015 Development Agenda ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 21 2013]

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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS SIXT... [Published Noodls - May 23 2013]
Bringing a human rights perspective to the deba... [Published Monash University - May 23 2013]
End child enlistment in our armed forces [Published Progress Labour's Progressives - May 22 2013]
Maldives UN team calls for abolition of death p... [Published Minivan News - May 22 2013]
Children must be at centre of Africa’s developm... [Published Afrique En Ligne - May 21 2013]
Rwanda: African Govts Advised to Place Children... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 21 2013]
Eminent African Leaders Call for Children to Be... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 21 2013]
Alex Cunningham MP: Stop armed forces recruitin... [Published ePolitix.com - May 21 2013]
Lebanon: Education in Lebanon [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 19 2013]
Indias shame: 3,000 child soldiers involved in ... [Published Chandigarh Tribune - May 16 2013]
Children: Recording and reporting abuse [Published Malta Independent Daily - May 16 2013]
Put a curse on AusAID?s pro-mining conference! [Published Noodls - May 16 2013]
Syria's Disabled Future [Published Middle East Research and Information Project - May 15 2013]
UNICEF report gives St. Maarten good grade rela... [Published St Martin Daily Herald - May 14 2013]
Full Text: Progress in China's Human Rights in ... [Published Individual.com - May 14 2013]
Indian rebels recruiting children ‘as young as ... [Published Today Online - May 12 2013]
3,000 children engaged in fighting -- report [Published Kuwait News Agency - May 12 2013]
500 child soldiers in northeast, J&K: Report [Published Kashmir Times - May 11 2013]
Thousands of child soldiers in NE, J [Published Nagaland Post - May 11 2013]
India pressed to address child soldier issue [Published Deutsche Welle - May 09 2013]
India has thousands of child soldiers: ACHR [Published India Blooms - May 09 2013]
India: India’s child soldiers: government defen... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 08 2013]
Cherishing Childhood [Published Sinn Fein - May 04 2013]
1000 Days to Ret it Right for Every Child: 500 ... [Published Scoop - May 03 2013]
500 days left to 'get it right for every child' [Published Voxy.co.nz - May 02 2013]
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGH... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 02 2013]
Child care solutions for Trinidad and Tobago [Published Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday - Apr 25 2013]
Fundraising Dinner Improves Lives of Underprivi... [Published Yahoo! News - Apr 22 2013]
NGO urges government to address “inadequate” ch... [Published Minivan News - Apr 21 2013]
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, G... [Published Zecco - Apr 19 2013]

Blogs

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US and murder of children in Afghanistan [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - Feb 09 2013] (Mohammed Salim, 10, rests in a Kabul, Afghanistan, hospital after having a leg amputated and being treated for other injuries. He was reportedly injured by a U.S. bombing.(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / November 26, 2001)"."The U.S. military Friday ...
United Nations: US Attacks Killed Hundreds of A... [Published Firedoglake - Feb 09 2013] U.S Airstrikes In Afghanistan A report by the United Nations Committee of the Rights Of The Child is causing a stir in Washington and Brussels. The report claims the US and NATO bombing campaign has lead to the deaths of hundreds of Afghan children ...