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18th April 2024

Revealed: hundreds of vulnerable children sent to illegal and unregulated care homes in England

'Rat bites and chronic asthma': schools on frontline of UK housing crisis

Children in the North at greater risk of entering care - University of Liverpool News

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UK smoking ban for younger generations passes first parliamentary hurdle

Dame Rachel de Souza - 'Children's views must be central to election manifestos'

Drug cartel's 'child soldiers' caught behind wheel in terrifying 'narco tanks'

UNICEF USA BrandVoice: UNICEF Issues Urgent Appeal For Children Caught In Sudan's Civil War

Contradicting Evidence, Afghan Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid Denies Reports That Iran Is…

Opinion | One Thing Parents Can Control

The Guardian view on smartphones and children: a compelling case for action | Editorial

An entire generation of children in Sudan faces a catastrophe as the war enters its second year

Children and Youth Division - Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy

Home | Vermont Children's Trust Foundation

Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official

United Nations Warns: Over 243 Million East Asian Children At Risk Amid Record Heat - News18

Michaela School: Muslim student loses prayer ban challenge

Paedophiles could be stripped of parental rights under new law

Rishi Sunak's flagship smoking ban bill passes first hurdle despite cabinet opposition

Smacking children should be banned in England and Northern Ireland, doctors say

Human rights and child labour in tobacco growing

Understanding child labor violations and federal regulations

New Florida Law Highlights Renewed Interest in Child Labor

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Wisconsin Gov. Evers Protects Child Labor Law with Senate Bill 436…

Greater public awareness needed to stem child slavery - Vatican News

Child labour and cocoa production in West Africa | * Fafo-report 522 Morten Bøås and Anne Huser

Transforming Correctional Culture and Climate

Over $800k headed to Pennsylvania to help protect at-risk youth

Report: Diverting youth away from the justice system is working

Youth Justice and Education Center to allow family visitation once again

Punishing difference: why are neurodivergent children disproportionately punished by our education…

'Social inequalities' pushing disproportionate number of children into care in north of England…

Report confirms that children's voices are not being heard in family court cases

Minister O'Gorman publishes the Participation of Children and Young People in Decision-making…

Children beyond the legal boundaries

Migration and Asylum Pact: When the European Union authorises the detention of children at borders…

Top school principal calls for young people's whistleblowing officer

Three boys to face trial over child's murder in case that shocks China

The Issues

West Sussex council pay-out after EHCP failures

Suffolk Youth Justice Service: A prevention and diversion success

'Stable and fairer funding' needed to improve youth justice services, says YJB

Drugs gangs 'targeting younger children', Longfield warns

Young people 'distressed' by frequent police visits at home, research warns

MPs launch call for care leavers to share experience of services

Age of Criminal Responsibility Advisory Group minutes: November 2023

New Hope for Love for Japanese Children Needing Families

Child rights expert sounds the alarm: 'Global crises are hitting children hardest'

Some Tennessee parents believe parental rights act pushed by Republican lawmakers is hypocritical

Statement: New migration & asylum pact will drastically undermine children's rights in Europe …

Roundtable advances children's rights in climate litigation

Missouri Senate passes bill to ban child marriage: 'No longer an acceptable standard'

Children behind the numbers - better data collection to monitor and advance child rights

CJ/ENF-ISE - Work on an instrument on the rights and best interests of the child in care…

Chibok girls feel let down 10 years after Nigeria kidnapping

Man who started gambling age 8 calls for stricter laws

Six pubs given warnings after underaged children use gambling machine

Utah County Commission passes resolution supporting new Children's Justice Center location

Tennessee can protect children who get in trouble by giving parents quick access to them

Advocacy program is a voice for children in court in central North Carolina

Judge allows foster children discrimination lawsuit to proceed

'Stable and fairer funding' needed to improve youth justice services, says YJB

Sudan civil war: The children living between starvation and death in Darfur

Crumbley live updates: Parents jailed for son's deadly Michigan school shooting - BBC News

City council wins appeal over offer of accommodation with one bedroom to father of four

Judge urges police to "carefully consider" position and role of Family Court when determining bail…

Assessing allegations of non-accidental injury

Children's Homes Association says organisations must be ultimately owned in UK to be member

Updated Protocol for Police Disclosure in the Family Court

Judge urges police to "carefully consider" position and role of Family Court when determining bail…

Children's Homes Association says organisations must be ultimately owned in UK to be member

'Revolutions are coming': who are Youth Demand and what do they want?

The 'disconnected youth' movement is growing as more Gen Zers struggle to find purpose at school…

Child labor is a serial offense, and does not bode well for food safety

More than 10 million children in line of fire as war rages in Sudan

Risk of Starvation & Imminent Famine for Children in Gaza, Sudan; Imperative to Immediately Scale Up Humanitarian Access

Number of children in care of local authorities on Lords agenda — UK Parliament

Pakistan: UN experts alarmed by lack of protection for minority girls from forced religious …

11th April 2024

Hilary Cass: Weak evidence letting down children over gender care

'We are not fine': War casts shadow over Eid al-Fitr in Gaza

Ethan Crumbley: Parents of teenager who shot dead four classmates in the US jailed for manslaughter

Babies are starving as Yemen teeters on brink of collapse - while Houthis use Gaza crisis to earn…

'Dangerous' Bedfordshire drug dealer who trafficked vulnerable boys given county's first slavery…

'Horrifying increase in the number of kids': Long lines for watery soup amid fears of mass…

Kamala Harris Touts Secret Service Program Encouraging High School Spying

Stand up for children's rights in the upcoming EU Elections

Prato is Italy's newest UNICEF Child-Friendly City

A generation adrift: Why young people are less happy and what we can do about it

Judge orders Border Patrol to quickly relocate migrant children from open-air sites in California

Foster children deprived of benefits: How a loophole affects the most vulnerable

I Saw the Haunting Reality of Palestinian Child Prisoners

Juvenile Court judge responds to concerns about Shelby County Youth Justice and Education Center

Groups Advocate for Big Changes in Youth Justice System

Too many Memphis students in juvenile detention aren't attending school, advocates warn

State comptroller report finds shortfalls in N.Y. juvenile justice centers

Feds say LA poultry company used child labor for risky jobs then hid its product

For the record, there is no child labour in Bengaluru

Make reports on child labour mandatory, Police suggests | Loop Trinidad & Tobago

High-level initiative set up to tackle child labour in Ghana

Alleged LA Child Labor

Cudjoe-Lewis: Educate adults about child labour - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Child Labour During The Victorian Era? Builder's Revelation Has Internet Buzzing - News18

Roblox executive says the company isn't 'exploiting child labor,' it's just 'offering people…

UNICEF: Grave violations against children continue

Impact of climate change on water availability and quality

Government, UNFPA and UNICEF Launch Groundbreaking Report on Adolescent Pregnancy in Lao PDR

Right to children or children's rights? Surrogacy debate comes to a head in Rome

UN says children denied access to aid in world's war zones

United Nations Human Rights Council adopts historic resolution on intersex rights

Child rights expert sounds the alarm: 'Global crises are hitting children hardest'

EU migration and asylum deal must uphold our collective responsibility to protect children - World

Security Council Meets on Children and Armed Conflict

UN says 38 dead, including children, as migrant boat sinks off Djibouti

Photos: Malnutrition threatens future Afghan generations

Child Rights Abuses Go Unchallenged due to UN Funding Crisis

A Milestone for Child Rights

The Rights of the Child: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

'Not a normal war': doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza

Court of Appeal sets aside order that was not open to Family Court judge as matter of law

CPS administrator: 'We have some children that are in horrific situations'

Children starve in Yemen as country suffers consequences of war and rising costs

Nicky Campbell's justice fight as he urges abuse survivors get better support

April is Second Chance Month | Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Senate committee advances changes to juvenile law reform measure

Too many Memphis students in juvenile detention aren't attending school, advocates warn

Council of Europe launches the first Comprehensive Assessment of Child-Friendly Justice System in…

D.C. mayor's bill targets truancy, mandates aggressive prosecution

Southampton chief inspector speaks out about youth violence

'This is humiliation' : The families starving in Gaza

Interview: How Michigan Law Blocks Youth's Abortion Access

Ethiopia: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - concluding observations 2023: SG initial…

Child rights highlighted at 2nd reproductive law amendment hearing - Focus Taiwan

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - concluding observations 2023: SG initial…

Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)5 of the Committee of Ministers to member States concerning children…

WUS Austria |

High Court allows parental order application despite existence of US adoption order

Kent outlines "urgent" need for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to be transferred to other UK…

MoJ data suggests "slight decrease" in volume of deprivation of liberty applications for children

Councils vote to support campaign for greater transparency over contaminated land and waters…

Updated Protocol for Police Disclosure in the Family Court

Separated, reunited but scarred for life

Landmine Safety Programs Protect Ukraine's Children

Housing crisis is claiming children's lives according to shock findings

Freedom of expression toolkit: a guide for students

Tired remedies won't end youth knife crime

Business Plan 2024-25: a critical year for children's rights | Children's Commissioner for England

Congratulations to Dorset's newly elected Youth Parliament representatives

Young homeless people say they are 'dismissed and ignored' when they ask the authorities for help

Separated, reunited but scarred for life

Justice and youth work partnerships 'key to continued support' for racially minoritised young…

A generation adrift: Why young people are less happy and what we can do about it

Child Soldiers in Sudan — The Borgen Project

Reviving the lost art of child rights-based approaches — sportanddev

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTION TO PROTECT CIVILIANS AND PREVENT ATROCITY CRIMES IN RAFAH, AS UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION IS IGNORED

Youth Justice Strategy due this month — Jersey Evening Post

Short-Staffed New York Juvenile Facilities Place Detained Youth at Risk, State Investigation Finds

The new Law on Justice for Children promises to further advance children’s rights to … — UNICEF

Knowing your basic human rights as a child — IOL

4th April 2024

'Not a normal war': doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza

Children like 5-year-old Israa are bearing the brunt of Israel's blockade and Gaza's growing…

Kamala Harris Touts Secret Service Program Encouraging High School Spying

Bold action needed now to address 'cataclysmic' situation in Haiti

Recommendations for Regulating Artificial Intelligence to Minimize Risks to Children and Their…

Orpheopolis: France's unique orphanage for police children

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - concluding observations 2023: SG initial…

Iraq: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Congress members committed to protecting the rights of the children of Ukraine

Somalia's parliament lowers age of majority from 18 to 15

'Youth takeover' of Sandwell Council meeting to give views on key issues - Sandwell Council

Police launch investigation after Eddie Betts shares footage of racial abuse

How police officers prey on children

Report: America's growing movement to divert youth out of the justice system

For Young Offenders in Maine, Justice Varies With Geography

Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence in Juvenile Justice Settings | Office of Juvenile Justice and…

OJJDP FY24 Enhancing Youth Defense Solicitation Webinar | Office of Juvenile Justice and…

America is divided over major efforts to rewrite child labor laws

Underage teen workers did 'oppressive child labor' for Tennessee parts supplier, feds say

How child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet

Child labour still prevalent in West Africa cocoa sector despite industry efforts - report

Morristown manufacturer had 10 children working in factory, Department of Labor says

ASSP takes position opposing exploitative child labor

Empowering youth, eradicating child labour: ACCEL Africa's impact in Malawi

Ethiopia: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

UN continues aid deliveries despite Haiti gangs targeting schools, health centers

ISIL growing stronger in Syria, as war enters its thirteenth year - Syrian Arab Republic

Most Airlines Still Don't Let Kids Sit With Their Parents for Free

NYC legislators, COVID families rally in Albany for 'baby bonds' to assist nearly 18K children

Women and Children in Ukraine: Q&A with Kira Rudik

In Harm's Way

The new Law on Justice for Children promises to further advance children's rights to justice and…

OPINION: Family court: an abuser's playground

A royal thank-you to inspirational Youth Justice Worker

Children's Law Center of California | Excellence in Advocacy

Distressed Children & Infants International - Make a Difference

Young homeless people say they are 'dismissed and ignored' when they ask the authorities for help

Cafcass receives ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted — CYP Now

Conscription Law leads to increased child labour — Mizzima

R (Quaye) -v- Secretary of State for Justice

29th March 2024

‘Famine is setting in’: International court orders Israel to take ‘effective action’ in Gaza

'Famine is setting in': International court orders Israel to take 'effective action' in Gaza

Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn

Gaza: Halt the war now to save children from dying of imminent famine, UN Committee on …

Over 13,000 Children Killed In Gaza In Israel's Offensive, Says UN Agency

'Absolutely Shocking' - UN Official Describes Children's Ward at North Gaza Hospital

Israel-Gaza war: Gazan girl begs rescuers to save brother first as entire family killed

Gaza starvation could amount to war crime, says UN human rights chief

Israel-Gaza war: Gazan girl begs rescuers to save brother first as entire family killed

The Children Who Lost Limbs in Gaza

Videos of malnourished children show Gaza's starvation crisis

West Bank: CCTV shows Israeli soldier assaulting Palestinian child in Hebron

Haiti’s children caught in ‘cataclysm’ of gang violence

Russia says it will evacuate 9,000 children from a border region being targeted by Ukraine

'Enlist or die': Fear, famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan's paramilitary forces

Advocates ask Moore to veto changes to Maryland juvenile justice system - Maryland Daily Record

Youth Justice Beyond the Headlines: Five+ Years of Raise the Age - Panel to Discuss…

Advocates call on General Assembly, governor to scrap juvenile justice legislation

Question time interrupted by Gaza protesters - as it happened

Project to save children from the mafia extended to Sicily and Naples

Children among migrants arriving in Dover after being rescued from English Channel

This family's terrifying journey across the Channel wasn't their first choice - it was their last…

How they did it: New York Times exposes migrant child labor exploitation

GitHub - nytimes/hhs-child-migrant-data: Data from the U.S. Department of Human Health and Services…

How they did it: New York Times exposes migrant child labor exploitation

Florida bans children under 14 from social media in sweeping new law

Ben Leonard: Mum whose son died on Scout trip calls for public inquiry

Protect children from crime gangs, expert urges

Absolute poverty: UK sees biggest rise for 30 years

Steps forward. Steps back: A year's efforts to combat the labor exploitation of unaccompanied…

Ministry tackles cases of child labour

Eliminating child labour

Zimbabwe sect leader held after 251 children rescued from farm labour

Tennessee Company Hired Children to Operate 'Dangerous' Machinery, Officials Say

New Bill Would Protect Child Farmworkers in the US

Child labour | ILO Business case

"Accelerating TOGETHER Action Against Child Labour in Ghana: a joint launch of the…

Child Labor in Cocoa Supply Chains: Unveiling the Layers of Human Rights Challenges

Belt advocates for diverse interview panels to ensure equal employment opportunity

The world's largest humanitarian cash transfer programme reduces child labour and increases…

Handbook for monitoring and evaluation of child labour in agriculture

Coke, Pepsi profiting from system of labour that exploits women in Maharashtra sugarcane fields…

Illinois lawmakers look to revamp state's child labor laws

Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains (Bill S-211): Updated Guidance…

Democratic Republic of Congo

300,000 more UK children fell into absolute poverty at height of cost of living crisis

4.3million children in poverty are being failed - UK Gov needs to wake up

Cost of Living: Demand for support at Telford baby bank doubles

Four East Lancs boroughs in top 10 for highest child poverty levels

Poverty Among Hispanic Children in the U.S. | Econofact

Europe's governing bodies - how do they work for children?

A (cycle) path to a safer global cycling infrastructure for children and young people

'Sneaky' social media ads are luring young into gambling, say campaigners

Stand up for children's rights in the upcoming EU Elections

Making justice for and with children in Europe: the goal of the new European Union-Council of…

France introduces new law to enhance the protection of children's rights in France

The European Committee of Social Rights publishes its Conclusions on Children, Family and Migrants…

Young people becoming less happy than older generations, research shows

UPDATE: State must identify children orphaned by Covid for state-funded accounts

At UN event, Vatican presses for global ban on child surrogacy

Weather Kids Campaign takes centre stage for World Meteorological Day

OJJDP To Host 2024 National Conference on Youth Justice! | Office of Juvenile Justice and…

Protect and Redirect: America's Growing Movement to Divert Youth Out of the Justice System - The…

Kentucky governor appoints new commissioner to run juvenile justice department

New Report Highlights Increasing Use of Youth Diversion Programs Across the States | Davis Vanguard

Judges use 'arbitrary,' 'horrendous' reasons to keep teens in adult court

Legislative negotiators explain what's at stake with juvenile justice reform bills

Children unintentionally shot and killed at least 157 people last year, Everytown says

How the world has radically cut child deaths, in one chart

Children

Rishi Sunak: stop abuses against children in UK-funded prisons in North East Syria

Reversal Of Youth Bail Law In Victoria Will Cause Harm | The National Tribune

Child Soldiers in Somaliland: What’s Being Done To Help? — The Borgen Project

Sudan conflict: 24 million children exposed to a year of brutality and rights violations, UN …

Policy changes underscore need for enhanced child labor due diligence

19th March 2024

Child human rights defenders want to be heard by their governments: Council of Europe study

China calls for advancing AI to protect children's rights

UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria

UNCRC Implementation Embedding in Public Services Group minutes: 21 August 2023

An urgent need to protect the children of Haiti - Office of the Special Representative of the…

UNCRC Implementation Embedding in Public Services Group minutes: 21 August 2023

The urgent need for a child-centred Loss and Damage Fund

The Youngest Victims Of War: Is The World Doing Enough To Protect Children During Conflicts?

UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria

'Historic milestone' as child mortality hits record low of 4.9 million in 2022

UN says acute malnutrition spreading fast among children in Gaza

Almost 5 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2022, finds UN report

Childhood deaths reach 'historic' low but progress is unequal, UN report finds

Israel 'turned back aid' after finding children's scissors in package, UN agency claims

'New text, same problems': inside the fight over child online safety laws

Ukraine war: Thousands of children to be evacuated from Belgorod after strikes

Canada refuses to apologise over British children abuse scandal

Sussex charity warns of rise in rural homelessness

Nearly Half of Hispanic Children in Households With Low Incomes Used Early Care and Education in…

Secret classes to counter Russian brainwashing in occupied Ukraine

Juvenile Justice Update | March 2024

Groups say Maryland's Juvenile Justice Reform Bill is 'uncivilized to cage children'

Opponents to juvenile justice bill call on governor to veto it once it passes

DOJ asks judiciary to let child victims use pseudonyms

Youth Justice Beyond the Headlines: Five+ Years of Raise the Age - Panel to Discuss…

Born on 7 October: Gaza mum's fight to feed her baby

Hundreds of children rescued from religious cult after police raid in Zimbabwe

Kidnappers demand nearly £500k for release of 286 school hostages in Nigeria

Israeli forces shoot dead 12-year-old Palestinian who set off firework

Ben Gvir salutes Israeli officer who shot and killed Palestinian child

Geneva: Polisario militia should be held accountable for war crime of child soldier recruitment

'The Militarization Of Childhood': Russian Children Being Roped Into Country's All-Out War Effort

Iran Recruited Afghan Children to Fight in Syria, Claims HRANA Report

Churches burned and children 'seized' as militants target Christians in Mozambique

Children are bullied into spending money on video games claims study

10 years after Chibok, Nigeria's mass kidnappings return with a vengeance

On popular online platforms, predatory groups coerce children into self-harm

‘This animal is going around schools’ A Russian prisoner-turned-soldier, convicted of murder and accused of raping minors, teaches children about patriotism

Republican AGs demand explanation for unsafe release of migrant children

Israel violence against Palestinian children increased after 7 October, UN told

Sudan conflict: 24 million children exposed to a year of brutality and rights violations, UN .

“We must not fail our children,” says High Commissioner | OHCHR

Inclusive social protection essential for child rights, says Deputy High Commissioner — ohchr

13th March 2024

Gaza: 'Babies slowly perishing under the world's gaze', UNICEF warns

Child asylum seekers in UK made to play game about who gets foster care places

UNECE-UNICEF expert group meeting on violence against children

UK teens believe they will have harder lives than their parents, research finds

Nigeria: Fifteen children kidnapped from Sokoto school just two days after nearly 300 students…

Palestinians in northern Gaza criticise distribution of airdropped aid, as famine looms

West Bank violence: 'My child's destiny was to get killed'

The Gaza hospital where treatment is by torchlight and '13 babies died of malnutrition on one day'

High Court judge refuses application by council for deprivation of liberty order in case of…

Social workers body calls for end of deprivation of liberty orders for children not in "safe and…

High Court finds Welsh Government decision to stop free school meals in holidays was made…

Vulnerable children on social service plans getting "postcode lottery of support": Children's…

Liev Schreiber on Ukraine's abducted children: 'Being a new father is a reminder of how important…

Nigeria kidnap crisis: Schoolboy recounts daring escape from bandits

Juvenile Justice Update | March 2024

APA calls for prohibiting punitive isolation of youths in juvenile justice settings

Juvenile justice reform bills approved, work to resolve differences begins

Senate bill to expand juvenile justice reform and meet needs of troubled youth

EU Softens Crackdown on Child Labour, Pollution in Supply Chains

US court clears Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, others of child labour charges in Africa's cobalt mines

ILO addresses child labour in Mombasa as stakeholders chart a way forward

The economic effects of child labor in artisanal fishing (Business Africa) | Africanews

Do Zara's factories use child labour, harm environment? Investors want to know

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation in Haiti

Empowering Children to Empower the Future

Over 230 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital mutilation …

Urban planning and programming

Protecting Children's Rights in a Digital World | Future-Makers

The United States Joins the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children - United…

Child marriage robs girls of their childhood and threatens their well-being and the future of…

Press Statement: The Africa Platform on Children Affected by Armed Conflicts (AP-CAAC) denounces…

Children's rights group celebrates 30 year anniversary with new book

Shattered childhoods

UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria

Ukraine Suffers Deadliest Attack For Children in Months UN Says

Children are 'dying of starvation' in Gaza, UN confirms

UN: Death Stalks Children in Gaza as Famine Looms, Life-saving Aid Denied

Revealed: homeless children spending entire lives in temporary housing in England

NAACP files civil rights complaint over Minnesota's child welfare practices - UPI.com

Council of Europe takes stock of work protecting children's rights since 2022

The Rights of the Child: Children & Labor

Empowering Children to Empower the Future

Minnesota faces complaint over alleged unfair treatment of Black children and families in its child…

GENEVA: UN Rapporteur to launch mandate's first-ever report on child and youth human rights…

The Fight to End Child Marriage in California

Opinion: Reform of juvenile justice is a matter of public health

How states giving rights to fetuses could set up a national case on abortion

Children's Law and Criminal Defense Clinics team up to advocate for fairer sentencing

UK declares Snapchat's involvement in nearly half of child abuse imagery crimes in 2023

£40k orphanage donor feels 'cheated' by charity

Paternity leave: Call for more help as fathers cannot afford time off

'Profiteering off children': care firms in England accused of squeezing cash from councils

Vulnerable children face 'huge regional variations' in support | LocalGov

Temporary housing 'a factor in 55 child deaths in England since 2019'

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

Postcode lottery in child in need support uncovered by Children's Commissioner

Peterborough children waiting more than a year for adoption

Child poverty and support the most vulnerable: letter to UK Government

Child-Friendly Cities in East Asia - a UNICEF report

Planning child-friendly cities - what is the responsibility of local authorities?

Council of Europe takes stock of work protecting children's rights since 2022

The UK's two-child limit on benefits is hurting the poorest families - poverty experts on why it…

Child benefit: Parents earning up to £80,000 to be able to claim

Father's plea for starving children in north Gaza after son dies of malnutrition

Children starving to death in northern Gaza - WHO

Migrant children in open-air desert camps are suffering from hunger and hypothermia, court…

As Gaza's hunger crisis worsens, emaciated children at hospitals

More Screen Time Means Less Parent-Child Talk, Study Finds

Tanzania, Brazil and International Labour Organization collaborate to tackle child labour and…

HACE, the specialist data company sustainably eradicating child labour - Maddyness UK

Labour Ministry says it dealt with 507 cases of child labour in 2023

The Fighting Against Forced Labour And Child Labour In Supply Chains Act - What You Need To Know …

Child Labour and Trafficking Still Rampant In Kenya

Solution not Rhetoric

Legislative Notes: House approves juvenile justice bill after fiery debate, aid-in-dying stalled…

DHHS to expand juvenile justice reform efforts with $825,000 federal grant * Michigan Advance

National Child Day marks UN signing

The war in Gaza is having a catastrophic impact on children, stripping them of their rights …

Sri Lanka Passes New Legislation - THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW - To End Corporal Punishment Against…

Ukrainian children recount horrors of being kidnapped by Russian soldiers

UNDP and Japan enhancing safety of 4,000 children in war-affected communities

It Is Imperative To Protect Children In War

Bearing Witness: No Safety for Children in Gaza

We must end the callous disregard for child refugees | Letter

Gaza widows and orphans struggle with loss in makeshift camp

Mohammed bin Salman: Free child defendants Abdullah and Youssef facing execution

Kingston polygamist sect trafficked children, violated federal labor laws, Utah lawsuit alleges

Protecting Children In Mountain State

War on Gaza: impact on Palestinian Women and children — Question of Palestine

States And The Child Rights Act | Independent Newspaper Nigeria

Film of the week Child soldier on trial | Morning Star

Civil Rights Complaint Alleges Minnesota’s Child Welfare System Discriminates| The Imprint

5th March 2024

Children starving to death in northern Gaza - WHO

Child asylum seekers: Call for inquiry after 'disturbing' report

The Dodd Center for Human Rights opens the floor to talk about children's rights

Why a US state court ruling on the rights of children before birth is unjust

Iraq: Unregistered Marriages Harm Women and Children

"CHILD RIGHTS IS HUMAN RIGHTS"

Revised Kids Online Safety Act is an Improvement, but Congress Must Still Address First Amendment…

Demanding Justice: You Can't Save Children by Erasing LGBTQ+ People

Maryland lawmakers' answer to youth crime sails toward passage

House version of juvenile justice reform gets 'controversial' amendments

Senate Bill 3 most likely to affect teens charged with petty crimes. | The Lens

NYC parents file class action suit against child services

Alabama justice's ties with far-right Christian movement raise concern

Peterborough children waiting more than a year for adoption

Convergence Collaborative on Supports for Working Families

Children's needs not prioritised, service leaders warn

EU committee sets out plans to protect children from a life of poverty

War in Ukraine: children in cities forced to live underground for months

Shaping tomorrow's cities - the role of youth in urban design

India: Two children ran away. It took them 13 years to get home again

1 in 4 children in New York City are living in poverty, study says

Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?

MSF slams US on Gaza at UN, says children as young as 5 want to die

Why Child Soldiering Persists in Africa | GJIA

Teen tragedy: 'Leonor' shows us the hell of Colombia's child soldiers

Are the RSF recruiting children to fight in Sudan's war?

Theatre of Violence review - questions of culpability as Lord's Resistance Army killer comes to…

OJJDP News @ a Glance February 2024 | February 2024 | Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency…

Commentary: Wisdom and evidence should dictate youth justice policy - Maryland Matters

St. Paul based podcast is 'Rewriting the Rules' of youth justice

Texas Juvenile Justice Department granted $825K to help reduce youth incarceration

From child labour to education

Child labour crisis: India's legal challenge

TURKMENISTAN Child labour exploitation in the cotton harvest in Turkmenistan

A U.S. company is accused of illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plants

Alarm over rising child labour, neglect

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Strategic Lead: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

UNCRC Article 11: Protection from Kidnapping

Targeted by Terrorists: Child Recruitment, Exploitation and Reintegration in Indonesia, Iraq and…

Child Rights: Committee set to harmonise child protection laws

Cabinet approval to prepare composite draft bill on child rights

Sri Lanka Takes Bold Steps Towards Child Rights Reform

UNICEF Won't Stop Helping Children in Ukraine: Full-Scale War Hits 2-Year Mark

UNICEF and WFP Demand Action to Protect Children and Unfettered Humanitarian Access in Eastern DRC

"It's like in the movies, but this is not a movie. This is reality. This is our lives."

9 Facts about Children on the Move - UNICEF DATA

Life in Wartime Ukraine, Through a Child's Eyes

Hope Amidst Ruins, Echoing the Voices of Gaza Strip's Children

Food deliveries into northern Gaza are halted because of the war's chaos, increasing famine risk

Child-on-child abuse is increasing in the UK, but criminalising young people will only do more…

Ben Leonard: Scouts 'putting lives at risk', coroner says

'This is my home' - a 13-year-old's life in ruins

The Right-Wing Pretexts of Parents' and Children's Rights

Advocacy leaders push state lawmakers for protection of policies centered around children's rights

The State of Children in the European Union 2024

Child Abuse Investigators Traumatize Families, Lawsuit Charges

Child rights and technology at Mobile World Congress

UNCRC Article 16: Children's Rights to Privacy

Gaza children searching for food to keep families alive

Alabama IVF ruling divides devout Christians: 'Fewer children will be born'

Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are 'Children'

Michigan Man Charged After Toddler Shoots Herself

High Court authorises deprivation of liberty of seven-year-old child in registered children's home

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Child soldier turned warlord ordered to pay record-breaking $56 million to victims

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Research Shows Voiceless Children in Family Courts — Mirage News

Stories from the UN Archive: Audrey Hepburn on children’s rights — the United Nations

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Baby loss certificates introduced in England

Ukraine war: Village children of Hroza orphaned by Russian missile

EU 'youth check' will give young people more say in policy making

TikTok investigated by European Union over possible online content breaches

'Future generations' will benefit as USA moves to limit deadly emissions from vehicles

Sussex Police: Children held in police cells overnight due to lack of sites

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Canada's assisted dying regime should not be expanded to include children

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New report is a call to action to improve Tennessee's juvenile justice system

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Over-representation in the Youth Justice System

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Child labour becomes rampant

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Protesters' petition calls on Storck confectionery to enhance action on child labour and…

Letter: Don't blame private equity for child labour violations

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child calls on South African government to 'protect children…

Kazakhstan Continues Commitment to Protecting Children's Rights and Well-being - The Astana Times

EDITORIAL | Minneapolis gets nod as child friendly

Despite myriad challenges, UNRWA continues lifesaving work in Gaza

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Brianna Ghey's mother warns tech bosses more children will die without action

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New link between news literacy and civic engagement in UK children revealed - University of…

Kids have First Amendment rights too, federal judge reminds state lawmakers

US judge blocks Ohio law restricting children's use of social media

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Child Poverty Practice Accelerator Fund: Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment

Addressing delays in family law proceedings involving children: a key goal of a new EU-Council of…

Child Poverty Practice Accelerator Fund: Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment

Banning children from social media would be short-sighted

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Report: The State of Children in the European Union

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Cillian Murphy says new film on Magdalene Laundries 'asks questions about complicity and silence'

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UNCRC Article 7: The Importance of Names and Nationality

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UN experts advocate for an end to migrant children detention

Report warns statistics could lead to falsely assuming child sex abuse decline

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Spare children from budget cuts — UNCRC

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Minister urged to honour UN on child rights in Budget talk

Public Guardian Raises Concerns About DCFS Care for Kids Awaiting Placement: ‘It’s Devastating’

Gaza: When mothers have to bury at least 7,700 children, very basic principles are … — ohchr

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Identifying the “best interests of the child” in relation to the digital environment

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Hungary: Orban promises new laws after child abuse scandal after protests

Lancaster University: Students unable to afford food for days, union says

Israel-Gaza: London school warns it may close over Palestine patch row

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Amina Noor jailed for handing over British girl in Kenya for female genital mutilation

UK antisemitic hate incidents hit new high in 2023, says charity

Zane Gbangbola: Council votes on new law amid landfill concerns

Scout death: Chances to prevent fatal fall, hears inquest

Brianna Ghey’s mother and Molly Russell’s father join forces to combat online harm

Brianna Ghey's mum says mobile phones should be made specifically for children under 16 to protect…

Parents of US gun violence victims use AI to recreate their voices in bid to get Congress to…

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Artificial Intelligence and young people — Children’s Commissioner for England highlights her…

Councils’ ‘crisis funds’ for children’s bedding are overwhelmed

Nearly half of teenagers concerned about having children in future, says new poll

Police break into woman’s house to rescue ‘abandoned baby’

Peter Oloya — the Ugandan LRA child soldier who moulded a new future in art

‘I’m here to defend my daughters and myself’: Inside one of Sudan’s combat training camps for women…

Why does ‘the first climate president’ fear a group of kids

Justice meets victory ahead of Paris 2024

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Social Justice for Young Children Conversation Series Archives

‘Suddenly it’s cool’: children believe use of influencers in gambling ads makes it seem fun

Gatwick Airport crowned the best in UK for families

Help failing to keep pace with families facing ‘bed poverty’, says Barnardo’s

The government is making positive changes for children caught in family conflict

Child criminal exploitation: Poverty ‘shame’ driving kids to gangs — expert

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels are seizing on the Israel-Hamas war to recruit more child soldiers…

Central African Republic says 10,000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups there

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Council Post: Why The Nation Needs To Stop Relying On Youth Incarceration And Residential Care

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Senators start to hear juvenile crime reform bill as it meets resistance

200 victims allege child sex abuse in Maryland youth detention facilities

Maryland state senators squabble with prosecutors over lack of data regarding juvenile crime…

Immigrant child laborers are being killed in US factories. Companies are walking away with fines

Parents clash over police force's 'child labour' speed gun stunt

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Lindt & Sprüngli faces child labour allegations with Swiss TV documentary - Confectionery…

Government probes child labour claims in Kahama tobacco farms

Children turn labourers due to zero schools in Elluparai

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UN Panel Demands Russia Halt 'Forcible Transfer' Of Ukrainian Children

Reimagining Human Rights: How Children are Fighting for Climate Action

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France and Netherlands lobbied for child border detention from birth in EU migration pact

Sudan war leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition

Gaza's displaced children: 'A heartbreaking story of loss and grief'

Exhibition: 'From Despair to Hope: Children Beyond Armed Conflict'

UN experts take Russia to task over deported Ukrainian children and a 'military agenda' in schools

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17,000 children in Gaza are without a guardian

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Councillors issue apology over SEND comments as local authority launches investigation

East Midlands councils to procure public law children barristers framework worth nearly £9m

Consultation launched on agency rules for local authority children's social care

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Council successfully defends decision not to treat claimant as 'former relevant child'

Council told to pay £15k after failings led to child missing education for two years

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on Rafah, Gaza

UNICEF urges all parties to safeguard children amid latest unrest in Haiti

UNICEF says 700,000 children in Sudan face life-threatening malnutrition

UNICEF condemns air strike on schools in Myanmar

UNICEF strengthens response to DRC's worst floods in 60 years and growing cholera outbreak

Child Malnutrition in Sudan: One Mother's Story

UNICEF warns escalation in Rafah would mark 'devastating turn' in Gaza war

Children traumatised by Nepal quake need aid to rebuild lives, UNICEF says

UNECE/UNICEF Expert Meeting on Statistics on Children

UN expert alarmed by new emerging exploitative practices of online child sexual abuse

Eglantyne Jebb, children’s rights pioneer, honored in Geneva, Switzerland | OHCHR

Justice must be seen to be done, even in cases involving children

UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on Bulgaria, Congo, Lithuania, Russian …

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