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UNITED NATIONS CHILD RIGHTS COMMITTEE HAILS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD AS BOOST FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
10 October 2014
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GENEVA (10 October 2014) - The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has hailed the decision to award the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Pakistani children’s education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. Committee Chair Kirsten Sandberg…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION
19 September 2014
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Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Croatia, Fiji, Hungary, Morocco, Singapore and Venezuela
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Croatia, Fiji, Hungary, Morocco,…
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CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND DIGITAL MEDIA – EQUAL AND SAFE ACCESS AND EMPOWERMENT
04 September 2014
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GENEVA (4 September 2014) – How children use, benefit from and can also be harmed by digital media will be the focus of discussions organised by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on Friday 12 September.
The Day of General Discussion on “Digital media and children’s rights” will bring…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES SIXTY-SIXTH SESSION
13 June 2014
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Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Lucia and United Kingdom
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of India, Indonesia, Jordan,…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES SIXTY-FIFTH SESSION
31 January 2014
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Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Congo, Yemen, Holy See, Portugal, Russian Federation and Germany
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Congo, Yemen, Holy See, Portugal, Russian Federation…
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CHILDREN’S RIGHTS BOOSTED AS UNITED NATIONS BODY NOW ABLE TO HEAR INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS
14 January 2014
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GENEVA (14 January 2014) – Children whose rights have been violated will soon be able to complain to a key United Nations Committee after a new legal instrument on the rights of the child was ratified by the required 10 countries.
Costa Rica became on 14 January* the 10th country to ratify the Optional…
