children

A lot of people don’t realize the foundational role that children’s rights played in advancing civilization over this past century. The fact that the 1989...

Governments must prioritize children. Too often, governments speak of caring for children, but their budgets and policy priorities do not reflect that.

Afghans at heightened risk of persecution from advancing Taliban forces are in urgent need of evacuation and international protection abroad.

Generations of First Nations children were abducted to institutions to solve the country’s ‘Indian problem’. Thousands never returned.

UN member countries rightly criticized Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers and questioned why incarceration rates of First Nations peoples remain so high.

“This low level of legal accountability for the killings of so many children by Israeli security forces is unworthy of a country which proclaims that it...

It is really sad to see that recent welfare reforms have pushed more children into poverty in a rich country like the UK. We are also concerned about...

Despite sustained engagement by UNICEF and repeated calls to end night arrests and ill treatment and torture of Palestinian children in Israeli military...

The experts urged governments to ensure that adequately staffed and equipped child protection services and law enforcement are available and accessible to...

The United States accounts for just 4% of the world’s population but 35% of global firearm suicides and 9% of global firearm homicides. 1,500 children are...

"I feel my friend's pain and my pain. I don't feel anything else".12-year-old Yemeni boy in severe distress following deadly school bus attack in Saada.

It is clear from studies that children who experience violence are at higher risk for mental illness, drug use, alcohol use and obesity, but also for chronic...

The number of British people identified as modern slavery victims has surged by 72 per cent in a year, according to figures, fuelling concerns about “county...

UN human rights offices in Mexico and Central America have documented numerous violations and abuses against migrants and refugees in transit, including the...

“It is a big problem,” “In Yemen, the child is only a child until 12, and then he becomes a man. The society thinks very highly of children who carry arms.”

Use of the weapons has infuriated many anti-government protesters who accuse the police of unnecessary violence that has exacerbated tensions since the...

European leaders must urgently act to fix a system which deters states from assisting refugees and migrants in peril at sea, said Amnesty International.

The world was rightly outraged by the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, but the bombs of Mohammed bin Salman and his Emirati allies are killing dozens each day in...

Amnesty international stated that the Australian government must urgently evacuate the 107 refugee children and their families trapped in appalling...

While under international humanitarian law civilians must be protected during conflict, Riyadh operations centre says the strike was a 'legitimate military...