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Burma takes off- Save the Children Report
This is the English version of an article on Myanmar published in the latest issue of Save the Children Sweden's quarterly magazine “Barn” [Children]. It focuses on the situation and rights of children in Myanmar and Save the Children's operations in th
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Unspeakable Crimes Against Children, Policy Brief
This is Save the Children's 2014 Policy Brief on violence, especially sexual violence, against children in conflict-affected countries. Sexual violence can occur against boys and girls, although the latter are more at risk and vulnerable to early or force
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Training manual & toolkit for monitoring juvenile detention facilities. PRI Toolkit for interviewing children, their guardians, and staff of juvenile detention facilities
Children in conflict with the law are often at risk of violence, abuse and the denial of their rights at every stage of the criminal justice process.This Training Manual and PRI Toolkit have been published thanks to the technical assistance of the Europea
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Speak Up, Speak Out: Toolkit for Reporting on Human Rights Issues
The Internews toolkit 'Speak Up, Speak Out: A Toolkit for Reporting on Human Rights Issues' is both a human rights reference guide and a workbook for journalists and civic activists who want to improve their ability to report on human rights issues in a f
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Bound, Blindfolded and Convicted: Children held in military detention
This new report from Defence for Children International-Palestine Section is the culmination of four years’ work during which time sworn testimonies were collected from 311 children held in Israeli military detention. The Report focuses on the period of t
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Mexico: Briefing to the UN Committee on the elimination of discrimination against women
Amnesty International's submission to the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee), in advance of its examination of the combined seventh and eighth periodic report of Mexico. This briefing reflects
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Buffeted in the Borderland: The treatment of asylum seekers and migrants in Ukraine
This 124-page Human Rights Watch report is based on interviews with 161 refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers in Ukraine, Slovakia, and Hungary. It shows that although some conditions in migration detention facilities have improved, Ukraine subjects many
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In their own Words: A report on the situation facing Palestinian children detained in the Israeli military court system
Report on the situation facing Palestinian children detained in the Israeli military court system. Reporting period: 1 July to 31 December 2010. This report is submitted on behalf of Defence for Children International–Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine), a
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Recommendations and Observations sent to the Government of the Republic of Uganda by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on the Initial Implementation Report of the African Charter of the Rights and Welfare of the Child
This Alternative Report contains the recommendations and observations to the Government of the Republic of Uganda by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on the Initial Implementation Report of the African Charter of the
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Mayday! Strengthening responses of assistance and protection to boat people and other migrants arriving in Southern Europe
MAYDAY!—the universal distress call, broadcast by those on ships or planes in mortal distress, and urgently in need of assistance. This report sheds light on gaps in responding to boat people and other migrants arriving in irregular circumstances across E
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Newsletter 2011/3- Update on ENOC Activities
Newsletter by The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC), sharing information about their ongoing European and international activities in the children’s rights field. This issue includes highlights from the workshop "The Role of National H
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Transitional justice and the situation of children in Colombia and Peru
This working paper provides an overview of the transitional process in Colombia and Peru, focusing on the situation of children. The adoption of judicial and administrative measures to deal with human rights violations from the past (Peru) and the present