Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of the Child as it drafts General Comment No. 27 on children’s rights to access to justice and ...

Parenting and children are so important that in 1959, the United Nations General Assembly designated November 20th as an annual celebration of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the ...

UN Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation, and sexual abuse of children Fatima Singhateh welcomed on Thursday efforts from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to combat child sale and ...

On October 11, the UN Child Rights Committee (the Committee) ruled on a historic communications procedure brought forward by 16 children (plaintiffs) against Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and ...

When the Clinton administration passed the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) in 1997, it intended to drastically reduce the number of children stuck for long periods of time in foster care. One of ...

British International School of Chicago-Lincoln Park is empowering children by teaching them their rights, amplifying their voices and celebrating advocacy. When Carlie Ennis’ class simulated ...

UNICEF USA is working with partners including Unchained at Last to end child marriage in the United States. Eleven U.S. states have already passed legislation banning marriage before the age of 18, ...

At a time when the world is in a deep health crisis, and as children’s rights globally suffer severe setbacks due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, attention must not be diverted from the ...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries that have promised to protect children’s rights. The Convention on the Rights of the Child explains who ...