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Nadia Murad: Fighting for justice and support for victims of sexual violence in conflict
Twelve years since ISIS launched its brutal assault on the Yazidi community in Sinjar, Iraq, Nobel Prize laureate and tireless advocate Nadia Murad continues her struggle to make the voices of survivors heard.
Why Democracy Matters Now: Protecting Rights and Voice | United Nations
Today, democracy faces mounting challenges: mis and disinformation, shrinking media freedom, and weakening accountability. Through the United Nations Democracy Fund, the UN has supported more than 1,000 projects in over 130 countries, from voter education to civic monitoring.
UN Geneva Press Briefing: IFRC , ITU , OCHA , OHCHR , UNCTAD , UNDRR , UNHCR , UNICEF , WHO , WMO - 28.08.26
🎥UNDRR, OCHA, IFRC, WHO and UNICEF on floods in Nepal🎥WHO on health situation in Ukraine 🎥UNHCR calls for renewed action to prevent statelessness, 65 years after landmark Convention🎥OHCHR on Human Rights situation in Haiti.🎥UNDRR and WMO on El Niño update
UN Geneva Press Briefing: UN/ICRC, OHCHR, UNICEF - 26.08.26
🎥 Call to adopt rules on autonomous weapon systems; 🎥 Human rights situation in Myanmar; 🎥 Child nutrition crisis in Afghanistan; 🎥 Question on Gaza; 🎥 Question on Ebola; 🎥 Announcements.
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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of 18 Independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties. It also monitors implementation of two Optional Protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
Over the past 30 years, children's lives have been transformed by the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. The Convention on the Rights of the Child has inspired governments to change laws and policies, so more children get the healthcare and nutrition they need. There are better safeguards in place to protect children from violence and exploitation. More children have their voices heard and participate in society. But there is still more work to be done.
