Children's Rights

Los Angeles Times: Tribunal orders release of Congolese militia leader 2008-07-03

Prosecutors say Lubanga, founder of the Union of Congolese Patriots, swelled the ranks of its armed wing with child soldiers . Thousands of people ...

Boston Globe: War crimes suspect ordered released 2008-07-03

His trial was to be the first at the court focusing solely on the use of child soldiers . Prosecutors filed an appeal, which will keep Lubanga in custody ...

Bradenton Herald: 'The Children of Huang Shi': Unsatisfactory drama 2008-07-03

As Japanese forces near, and Chinese nationalist forces seize boys to serve as child soldiers , George bundles his five dozen children and supplies ...

Topeka Capital Journal: Hate crime decried 2008-07-03

In their pleas, Endsley and Clark admitted that their intention was to drive a black youth , identified by Melgren only as JL, from the Waterville/Blue ...

New Vision: ICC releases its first suspect 2008-07-03

Accused of enlisting child soldiers , he has been in custody in The Hague since 2006. "In the absence of the prospect of a trial, the accused cannot be held ...

ReliefWeb (press release): "Idol Gives Back" preschools open in Mozambique 2008-07-02

Save the Children began working in Mozambique in 1988 with an innovative pilot program to help rehabilitate child soldiers . The program continued for seven ...

ReliefWeb (press release): "Idol Gives Back" preschools open in Mozambique 2008-07-02

Save the Children began working in Mozambique in 1988 with an innovative pilot program to help rehabilitate child soldiers . The program continued for seven ...

Lebanon: Palestinian, Lebanese youth share cultural perspectives - Daily Star 2008-07-02

"Today we have performed a song about children's rights ." Children from the Al-Buss, Nahr al-Bared, Beddawi, Dbayeh and Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee ...

BBC News: ICC orders Congo warlord release 2008-07-02

Mr Lubanga, who has been in custody for two years, denies charges of recruiting child soldiers during the Democratic Republic of Congo's conflict.

Zimbabwe Guardian: Should Africa reject Western institutions? 2008-07-02

However, we can still learn from foreign norms to improve our own way of doing things ê especially with regards to the rights of children , women and respect ...

TamilNet: Sri Lanka Army chief says victory date now mid-2009 2008-07-02

... reduction in reported child recruitment by the LTTE. â the trend indicated that the LTTE was eliminating the recruitment and use of child soldiers .

Telegraphnepal.com: Peace Movements in Nepal 2008-07-02

The latent consequences cannot be measured by a specific peace campaign against the use of child soldiers , use of force against non-combatant ...

Reuters UK: ICC orders first suspect freed; prosecution appeals 2008-07-02

Accused of enlisting child soldiers , he has been in custody in The Hague since 2006. "In the absence of the prospect of a trial, the accused cannot be held ...

Reuters South Africa: ICC to free first suspect unless prosecutor appeals 2008-07-02

Accused of enlisting child soldiers , he has been in custody in The Hague since 2006. In a ruling posted on the court's website, judges ordered his release ...

Telegraph.co.uk: Where did it all go wrong for the International Criminal Court? 2008-07-02

... that he acted in self-defence or had attempted to demobilise the child soldiers ; or that his militia was under the control of other countries.

The Daily Star: Low rights awareness leads to child abuse 2008-07-02

Lack of awareness about child rights and existing laws both lead to the violation of rights of children in conflict with the law, starting from their arrest ...

Scoop.co.nz (press release): Working for Families breaches international law 2008-07-02

In her conclusions, Dr Mardani recommends that UNCROC be recognised in legislation so that under New Zealand law, the rights of children are not disregarded ...

Human Rights Foundation: Hostages Rescued in Colombia; Colombian Government Offers the FARC ... 2008-07-02

... years old and younger, as soldiers in their army and are known to test the loyalty of child soldiers by forcing them to torture or kill other children.

DigitalJournal.com: School Boy's Birthday Party Violates Children's Rights Law In Sweden 2008-07-02

The strange turn of events has left family of the school boy battling against the school where the boy attends after the authority claimed that the boy ...

Bernama: Singapore Prepares Report On The Rights Of Children 2008-07-02

The UNCRC is a comprehensive charter on the rights of children , setting minimum standards that governments should meet in providing healthcare, educati ...

Detroit Free Press: Woman fights for right to adopt girl taken from her care 2008-07-02

Children's Rights , a New York-based advocacy group, sued the state in 2006 citing alleged abuse, neglect and deaths in Michigan's foster care system.

Straits Times: S'pore kids better off now than in 2002: MCYS report 2008-07-02

The convention is a comprehensive charter on children's rights , which sets out the minimum standards that governments should meet in the provision of health ...

Topeka Capital Journal: 2 plead guilty to taunts against black youth 2008-07-02

Two Kansas men pleaded guilty today to taking part in a small town high school graduation party that turned into a drunken incident in which a black student ...

TransWorldNews (press release): International Criminal Court Orders Release of Warlord 2008-07-02

Former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga was charged with abducting children under the age of 15 to use as child soldiers in his army ...

The Suburban: Anthony Bonaparte ë Dr. Strangejazz 2008-07-02

... and their militant lyrics were gospel to a generation of frustrated black youth , with lyrics that would make Louis Farrakhan"s Nation of Islam proud.

The Suburban: Anthony Bonaparte ë Dr. Strangejazz 2008-07-02

... and their militant lyrics were gospel to a generation of frustrated black youth , with lyrics that would make Louis Farrakhan"s Nation of Islam proud.

AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Promoting Children's Rights 2008-06-30

Kamuli Girls Boarding Primary School has been commended for promoting children's rights and democracy. Kamuli District Information Officer Mr Joseph Ngobi ...

Dissident Voice: Barack Zelig 2008-06-30

At the same time, Obama took another swipe at Black men for being the source of problems of Black youth . Drugs were not mentioned nor the grinding poverty ...

Newstrack India: Changing Maoist Strategy in India: Need to Prioritise Thre ... 2008-06-30

Security agencies and human rights activists are of the view that India's Maoist rebels are on a drive to recruit thousands of child soldiers .

Southwark News: TEN AND TWELVE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN STABBED DURING WALWORTH ROBBERY 2008-06-30

The boys were approached by a light skinned black youth aged approximately thirteen to fourteen, with a line shaved across one of his eyebrows.

The Women's International Perspective: Understanding Rape in India 2008-06-30

Parul has written several articles on the rights of children and women and victims of crime. Parul is the author of the book Right to Life; the pluralism ...

MedIndia: Birthday Party Invitations End Up With Swedish Ombudsman 2008-06-30

But the school, situated in Lund in southern Sweden, says the boy violated the children's rights and has complained to the Swedish Parliament.

Times Now.tv: Shinjini's parents under the scanner 2008-06-30

Government-run Child's Rights group summoned the parents of the reality show contestant Sinjini Sengupta to explain if they had put their daughter under ...

Afrique en ligne: Egypt: AU Executive Council appoints 4 judges to rights' court 2008-06-30

Meanwhile, the Executive Council has also appointed four new members to the African Expert Committee on Children's Rights and Welfare to replace four ...

Sun-Sentinel.com: DCF official says his agency erred in toddler's drug death 2008-06-30

Howard Talenfeld, a children's rights attorney and president of Florida's Children First, said the case "points out serious deficiencies in the Florid ...

Daily Camera: "Wonder of Learning" opens today 2008-06-30

... families, politicians and others who advocate for the rights of children to quality educational experiences as well as the role of children as citizen ...

Globe and Mail: The foreign policy myth 2008-06-30

... Maude Barlow's international public access-to-water project; retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire's global campaign against child soldiers ...

Chiang Mai City Life: OPC : changing the futures of ethnic minority children from Burm ... 2008-06-30

There are also two brothers at OPC who were brought to the centre to escape being taken from their homes and used as child soldiers by the Burmese army ...

The Tennessean: Fisk tries to shed rocky financial reputation 2008-06-30

"One thing we talk about is that there's too much crime amongst black youth and they're dropping out of school. Well, Fisk is an institution that is ...

BBC News: Birthday party snub sparks debate 2008-06-29

The boy's school says he has violated the children's rights and has complained to the Swedish Parliament. The school, in Lund, southern Sweden ...

Sunday People: UN probe Brit kids 2008-06-29

The commissioners want the UN to insist ministers do more to reverse the trend - and comply with the international children's rights convention.

Business Intelligence Middle East (press release): Committee to focus on data collection to finalise Periodic Report ... 2008-06-29

... support offered by NGOs and civil society organisations which cover issues such as women"s empowerment, human trafficking, children's rights and others.

Press & Sun-Bulletin: Age shouldn't matter 2008-06-29

However, parents must realize that if you violate your child's rights as an adult and interfere in his or her life, you are only damaging the parent-child ...

Bosco Information Service: Childline - New Model at Gulbarga with Don Bosco 2008-06-29

Awareness of the rights of children and wide publicity to the free 24 hour telephone will make 1098 a means of easy access to their rights by children ...

Tampa Tribune: St. Pete Paradegoers Take Gay Pride Outside 2008-06-29

She is a board member of Securing Our Children's Rights , a political lobbying group that formed to repeal the ban on adoption by gay Floridians.

Black America Web: Activists: Massive Youth Voter Turnout for Democratic Contest ... 2008-06-27

Sanders, who works with Black Youth Vote, helped organize students at Texas Southern and at Paul Quinn College to go out into Texas communities to educate ...

AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Telling Uganda's Story Through Dance 2008-06-27

The group will perform two African contemporary dance pieces; Black/White and Memories of Child Soldiers . Both have been choreographed by Valerie.

Common Dreams (press release): CCFC Responds to FCC Procedure on Product Integration; 2008-06-27

CCFC supports the rights of children to grow up ê and the rights of parents to raise them ê without being undermined by rampant commercialism.

AlterNet: Child Detainees Battle an Unforgiving System Alone 2008-06-27

... according to children's rights advocates and recent reports by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's Office (OIG) and the Government ...

Reuters AlertNet: A champion of child rights protection in Azerbaijan 2008-06-27

Being a champion of child rights protection is a worthy mission anywhere across the globe ê but especially so in Azerbaijan, where children's rights ...

Reuters South Africa: Prosecutors launch second case at global court 2008-06-27

... seeking to "wipe out" an entire village and seize survivors as sex slaves and child soldiers in their second case at the International Criminal Court.

The Australian: My binge thinking 2008-06-27

At first, I"ll admit, I found it hard to work up a head of steam about a form of ídiscriminationì that obstructs the rights of children to fry their bra ...

Andhra Cafe: Rights panel asked to protect rights of children to learn Telugu 2008-06-27

... have jointly appealed to AP State Human Rights Commission chairperson B. Subhashan Reddy to protect the rights of children to learn in Telugu medium.

afrol News: Uganda's rebel negotiators quit peace talks 2008-06-27

ICC issued warrants in 2005 accusing LRA commanders, including Kony for rape and mutilation of civilians, forced recruitment of child soldiers and massacre ...

USA Today: Rapper Jal, living to tell about it 2008-06-27

A spokesman for Make Poverty History, Jal hopes someday to build a school in McCune's name to rehabilitate child soldiers . He sees little hope for ending ...

Nordic Council: Better conditions for kids in refugee centres 2008-06-27

Children's rights and the conditions faced by children seeking asylum in the Region are important themes for the Citizens' and Consumer Rights Committee ...

PoliGazette: Child Labor in Turkey; Court Finally Does Something 2008-06-27

That was a tremendous blow to those concerned with the rights of children . The father and son defended themselves by saying that the school of ...

GoErie.com: Rape victim, 11, to have abortion 2008-06-27

The case has bitterly split the medical community, children's rights groups and the public. In a statement, the church groups offered "material ...

Lititz Record Express: Warwick grad planning mission to Uganda 2008-06-27

"For decades Ugandan rebel groups have kidnapped hundreds of thousands of children and forced them to commit horrible atrocities as child soldiers .

DesMoinesRegister.com: Better than paradise 2008-06-27

"The children served by ChildVoice International and partnering grassroots NGOs include former child soldiers , children orphaned by war, and those left ...

Kickoff: Amajita faces second last hurdle 2008-06-27

The race to the finals of the 16th African Youth Championships, Rwanda 2009 gets keener and hotter with the first leg matches of the penultimate qualifying ...

The South Florida Times: Black youth exposed to golf, Tiger Woods 2008-06-27

BY DANIELLA AIRD That's why he hits the links every Saturday, perfecting his game at Fort Lauderdale's Osswald Park. Byrd, 14, is one of 20 local kids ...

Radio Netherlands: Radio and reconciliation in Uganda 2008-06-27

And, recently, it has become the station to hear new Ugandan singers, most of whom were formerly child soldiers . Justin Orema Boswell, the manager of Meg ...

World Politics Review: Rebel Uprising in Eastern Chad Fizzles, but Security Remains Elusive 2008-06-27

... landed in N'Djamena recently carrying around 60 wounded Chadian troops, including some child soldiers and the crew of a Hind attack helicopter that ...

New Jersey Jewish Standard: Teaneck unites for a day, looks to future 2008-06-27

Weinberg served on the town council in 1990 during a period of heightened racial tension after a white policeman shot a black youth , which resulted ...

MONUC.org (press release): DR Congo ex-militia chief seeks release pending trial 2008-06-27

Lubanga, 47, is accused of abducting minors under 15 and using child soldiers in attacks by the armed wing of his Union of Congolese Patriots between ...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: The Children of Huang Shi 2008-06-27

As Japanese forces near, and Chinese nationalist forces seize boys to serve as child soldiers , George bundles his five dozen children and supplies ...

Huffington Post: Kenyan Children Abducted, Tortured, Turned Into Child Soldiers 2008-06-25

Job Bwonya stands outside his office in Bungoma, Kenya, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Bwonya has been collecting information on atrocities committed by both side ...

Bay Area Indymedia: SEIU East VP Bruce Richard Statement on Campaign To Free Chip ... 2008-06-25

We came to represent an important departure from the previous generation of black youth of a similar background, who had made different choice ...

New York Times: Congo: Former Warlord"s Trial Halted 2008-06-25

Judges at the court warned last week that they might have to free Mr. Lubanga, who is charged with recruiting child soldiers during militia violence ...

Kantipur Online: 60 minors still at Maoist camps: Report 2008-06-25

According to the report, 34 child soldiers from Khotang and 26 from Okhaldhunga are still living inside the Maoist PLA cantonments along with other ...

Bangkok Post: A 'talk shop' that ensures action 2008-06-25

There she confronts warlords and demands that they give up their '' child soldiers ,'' boys and sometimes girls as young as 8 or 10 who have been recruited ...

Mathaba.Net: Israel must respect Conventions on Children's Rights in Palestine 2008-06-23

In a petition addressed to UNICEF, Iranian children backed Palestinian children on the opening day of 22nd Int'l Festival of Films for Children and Young ...

Jamaica Observer: Daddy wants to keep his baby 2008-06-23

Margarette May Macaulay is an attorney-at-law and a women's and children's rights advocate. Send questions and comments via email ...

Dispatch Online: Radio awards "did not represent black youth" 2008-06-23

... Bonginkosi Dlamini, aka Zola, slammed the trufm youth awards held in East London over the weekend as being boring and not representative of black youth .

WOWT: Omaha Teacher Reaches Out 2008-06-23

It will change their lives and prevent them from becoming child soldiers just to get food. Starkey knows the boys by name. She purchased an orphanage ...