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UN Experts Stress Urgent Need to Ensure Child Rights While Implementing Counter-Terrorism and National Security Measures

Press Statement: For Immediate Release   The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child*, jointly call on Member States today to ensure a child rights-based approach when developing counter-terrorism and national security measures. Their joint [...]

2023-03-14T09:54:11-04:00Tuesday, 14 March 2023|

All Persons Below the Age of 18 Years are Children: Upholding All the Rights of All Children, Everywhere, at All Times

Press Statement: For Immediate Release   The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child,  the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, UNICEF, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, jointly call on Member States today to respect and ensure the [...]

2022-10-06T09:04:55-04:00Thursday, 6 October 2022|

Statement by UN Child Rights Experts for Universal Children’s Day

Statement by UN Child Rights Experts for Universal Children’s Day – marking the 27th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Geneva/ New York – On November 20, as the Convention on the Rights of the Child commemorates its 27th anniversary, UN child rights experts* urge Governments in all regions to spare no efforts [...]

2021-07-12T07:17:39-04:00Sunday, 20 November 2016|
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