Children's and Young Persons’ Rights

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Amicus reaffirms States’ human rights obligations to adequately and effectively address the climate crisis

On May 6^th, several human rights organizations submitted a joint third-party intervention in Duarte Agostinho and others v. Portugal and others, the first climate change case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The intervenors drew on international, regional...

Several members call on advocacy action to the government of Tanzania to stop threatening rights groups

Eighteen national and international non-governmental organizations, including ESCR- Net Members, Amnesty International, ...

CRR publishes new report highlighting the importance for adolescents to exercise their reproductive rights

The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) recently published a report, ...

SUHAKAM publish new report on right to education in Malaysia with the support of CESR

Children with learning disabilities are among the most disadvantaged in Malaysia, and many thousands of them find themselves unable to access even basic education. The ...

Africa Regional Social Rights Litigation Workshop: 12-14 March 2012, Johannesburg South Africa

Over the last decade, the legal opportunities for claiming economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights have greatly increased in many parts of Africa. This can be seen in the growing use of litigation strategies amongst civil society, increased legal mobilisation of...

Entry into force of the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the child (OP3-CRC)

On April 14, 2014, the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (OP3-CRC) entered into force, allowing the Committee on the Rights of the Child to receive complaints from individuals or groups of individuals against states that have ratified the instrument

From September 17 to October 5, 2007: The 46th Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding Observations

The Committee on the Rights of the Child -which held its 46th session from 17 September to 5 October 2007- adopted the following Concluding Observations adopted in respect of reports submitted by States parties. The documents are available at the website of the Office of the High Commissioner...