The comforting claim that New Zealand is a great place to bring up kids took another hit with the recent damning UNICEF report on child well-being.Read more
Child-focused issues in Scottish cities feature prominently in a new report assessing how the country’s youngsters are able to exercise their human rights.
More than 50 charities and child rights stakeholders contributed to The State of...Read more
‘The protection of children must be at the heart of the work of the new European Commission’.
Those were the words of David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, as he opened a special ceremony marking...Read more
Teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg and fellow young activists have filed an official complaint to the UN claiming world leaders’ inaction on the climate crisis has violated children’s rights.Â
The petitioners, aged from 8 to 17 and...Read more
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Rights (OHCHR) kicked off its latest session by commending young people for campaigning on environmental issues.
Alexandria Villasenor, the 14-year-old founder of Earth Uprising International, and...Read more
Officials in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang say they face serious challenges around urbanisation – with children’s rights at the heart of the struggle.
‘Relentless efforts’ in recent years has seen the city take...Read more
