We’ve made progress in many realms of civil rights over the past decades in the U.S. The rights of African Americans, women, gays and lesbians, and handicapped people have expanded, thanks in part to ...

COP30 was framed as a turning point for real climate action but the reality fell far short of that promise. While some gains were made, COP30 was ultimately marked by exclusion, missed opportunities ...

Association of Guardians Ad Litem says move is a ‘backward step’ and will undermine the constitutional rights of children ...

World Children’s Day—celebrated every year on November 20—marks the anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international human rights treaty ...

The IKEA Foundation and Save the Children have worked together since 1994 to help realize children's rights to a healthy and secure childhood, which includes a quality education. By listening to and ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday warned that a newly enacted law in Ecuador threatens the rights and protections of children, particularly those recruited or used by organized crime groups. The ...

Swartling Peterson is a public health physician and professor at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Pai is a public health physician and professor at the McGill School of Population and ...

New Delhi: World Children’s Day is observed every year on November 20 as a global reminder that every child deserves protection, support and fair opportunities. The date carries historical value ...

International human rights standards will make a big step forward if this treaty is realized. The initiative builds upon recommendations including by the UN’s two specialized agencies on children and ...

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 ...