Fair Play for Children News — Children in the World & Society

Jan Cosgrove
68 min readSep 4, 2024

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including Child Labour, Child Soldiers, Children’s Rights, Children Legal, Children and Justice, Children and Gambling, Climate Change

Fair Play for Children website: http://www.fairplay31.online/index.html

Access previous stories to 27th August 2024

28th October 2024: 93new stories worldwide inc 3 video

The Pandemic’s Blueprint for a Better Child Welfare System — The Imprint News

The Princess Royal visits North Tyneside to celebrate ‘outstanding’ Youth Justice Service

Gaza’s children: “Trapped in a cycle of pain” — UNICEF spokesperson — Question of Palestine

Over 400000 children in Lebanon displaced in three weeks by Middle East war — The Independent

GAZA: AT LEAST 3,100 CHILDREN AGED UNDER FIVE KILLED WITH OTHERS AT RISK AS FAMINE LOOMS

18th October 2024: 147 new stories worldwide inc 1 twitter 8 video

The Good Childhood Report 2024 is The Children’s Society’s 13th annual report on the wellbeing of children and young people in the UK

Over six in 10 children with access to the internet interact with “unknown others” daily despite concerns about online grooming

Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act Introduced in House and Senate

Youth justice service ‘helps children thrive’ but improvements on safety needed

YJB Responds to HMIP Report on Child Separation in Custody — Mirage News

‘No votes in children’: Children’s Commissioner criticises punitive attitudes towards youth justice

Media sensitized on childcare reforms and children’s rights — Kenya News Agency

Children facing higher risk of sexual abuse and exploitation from misuse of technologies — ohchr

Over 160 Million Children Still in Child Labour, Says UN Report

Board calls for closure of family detention unit

Children and young people and the criminal justice system — POST Parliament

Violence against children: an overview — the United Nations

Special Rapporteur on sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children to visit Germany — ohchr

In Burkina Faso, the ‘Mother of the Sahel’ brings education and hope to forcibly displaced children

Children facing higher risk of sexual abuse and exploitation from misuse of technologies — ohchr

The alarming surge of child soldiers in global conflicts — MSN

4th October 2024: 129 new stories worldwide inc 6 video

= the right to bear arms ….???

Decisive action required to realise right to development of children and future generations: UN expert

UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Israel ..

6M children affected by Typhoon Yagi in Southeast Asia, says UN body — Anadolu Ajansı

STATEMENT: PACT FOR THE FUTURE NEEDS TO INVOLVE CHILDREN TO CREATE …

Youth justice service gets positive inspection — MSN

Stricter Rules Shield Kids From Gambling in Video Games | Mirage News

California, Usually Progressive, is Behind The Times on Pepper Spray in Juvenile Halls

HR 9076 Passes House and Heads for the Senate — American Bar Association

Liz Ryan on the Landmark Law That Keeps Kids Out of Adult Jails — The Imprint

100 Years of Child Rights — Save the Children International

research into children’s social care spending

Uganda makes significant strides in combating child labour

Proposed amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law risk eroding rights of women and children

Hunger rob children of their futures — Excerpt on Gaza from ‘WFP stories’

UNRWA Press Release: Ongoing war in Gaza will set children and young people’s …

Enough food for first graders? Research spotlights how Gaza families struggled to feed …

York school receives award from leading children’s rights organisation — Yahoo News UK

Protect and treat every child equally — Sunday Observer

Govt urged to recognise Article 7 of UN convention on rights of children — Borneo Post Online

24th September 2024: 89 new stories worldwide inc 2 video

Education ‘key part of rehabilitation’ for young offenders in Luton says councillor

State of Connecticut Court of Probate, Central Connecticut Regional Children’s — The Bristol Press

“Beyond words: protecting the right to education” | OHCHR

Committee on the Rights of the Child Commemorates Tenth Anniversary of the Third … — ohchr

UNHCR welcomes Thailand’s full adoption of international convention to protect child rights

Human Rights Experts Condemn Recruitment of Child Soldiers, Call for Global Action

First-Ever Humanitarian Violence Against Children Survey (HVACS) Reveals the Toll of ..

Biometric ID next step in battle against Buenos Aires child gamblers — SBC News

Cornyn, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Combat Child Exploitation

16th September 2024: 80 new stories worldwide inc 2 video

Rex -v- Huw Edwards: sentencing

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Acknowledge Israel’s Efforts for … — ohchr

‘Shadows of children’: UN Security Council hears of plight of child hostages in Gaza

Somalia: UN Officials Alarmed at Execution of Four Young People for Crimes Committed as ..

Government Addresses Confusion Over UN Convention on Child Refugees

This child soldier was killed in an anti-Maoist operation in Bastar. She was not the only one — Scroll.in

Government to legislate to tackle ‘profiteering’ in children’s social care, says minister

UK ads watchdog investigates gambling memes that appeal to kids — report

A DA’s Vision for Youth Justice Collides With a Recall Movement — The Imprint

“Beyond words: protecting the right to education” | OHCHR

Call for Inputs: Human Rights Council resolution 55/29 on the rights of the child — OHCHR

Committee on the Rights of the Child Commemorates Tenth Anniversary of the Third … — ohchr

10th September 2024: 58 new stories worldwide inc 2 video

Warning — distressing content

Application by Media to reveal names of child defendants in murder trial refused (PDF of Court Order)

Israel accused of using child as human shield during raid in occupied West Bank

Report Highlights Changes in Orientation, Gender Policies for Systems-involved Youth

A DA’s Vision for Youth Justice Collides With a Recall Movement — The Imprint

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Acknowledge Israel’s Efforts for … — ohchr

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Armenia on its Digital … — ohchr

4th September 2024: 82 new stories worldwide inc 3 video

Gambling Issues At Home Linked To Behavioural Problems In Children: Study — MSN

Into the future with children’s rights | City of Idar-Oberstein

UN Child Rights Committee to review Bahrain, Turkmenistan, Mexico, Argentina, Israel, and Armenia

Free school holiday meals could be pulled for half a million children if council cuts continue …

Interview with Rebecca Adami about her book, Childism, Intersectionality and the Rights of the Child

Iraqi human rights activists sound alarm over law threatening women’s and children’s rights

Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Seventh Session and Signs a … — ohchr

Experts demand regular visitation rights for children in development centers — Dhaka Tribune

The Impact of Pacific Labour Mobility Schemes on Children Left Behind — UNICEF

New from ‘UN Chronicle’: drug prevention, child labour and more — the United Nations

Youth Justice Facilities — Security Modernization Upgrades — 240105–280058 RFP | MERX

Governor DeWine Announces Findings of Ohio Juvenile Justice Working Group

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Jan Cosgrove
Jan Cosgrove

Written by Jan Cosgrove

National Secretary of Fair Play for Children, Also runs Bognor Regis Herald online. Plus runs British Music Radio online