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January 2019: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

In January, several universal and regional human rights bodies and experts will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through the consideration of State and civil society reports, country visits, and the review of individual complaints. One United Nations treaty body will hold a session to review States’ progress regarding children’s rights. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will also

Australia Urged to Act as Health Conditions of Asylum Seekers Worsen

October 23, 2018 IJRC children, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants

International pressure on Australia is mounting as concerns grow regarding the conditions in its offshore facilities in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, where thousands of asylum seekers and refugees have been detained since 2012. Those monitoring the situation at the facilities warn of a dire health emergency as people, many of them children, remain without access to the critical physical

IACHR Launches Report on Children and Adolescents in the United States Adult Criminal Justice System. Credit: IACHR

Children’s Rights Violated in U.S. Criminal Justice System, IACHR Reports

October 10, 2018 IJRC children, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, due process & judicial protection, Inter-American System, international human rights

In a new report and interactive website, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has detailed flaws in the United States’ prosecution and incarceration of children, urging reforms to ensure that minors are not tried or sentenced as adults. IACHR, The Situation of Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System in the United States (2018). The report, released in September

October 2018: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

October 1, 2018 IJRC children, economic, social & cultural rights, equal protection, European System, Inter-American System, international human rights, judicial independence, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

In October, several universal and regional human rights bodies and experts will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through the consideration of State and civil society reports, country visits, interactive dialogues, and the review of individual complaints. Four United Nations treaty bodies will meet to review States’ protection of the rights of children; economic, social, and cultural rights;

African Child Rights Committee Decides First Complaint Involving Sexual Violence

September 19, 2018 IJRC African System, children, crime & impunity, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, international human rights, reproductive and sexual rights, torture, UN treaty bodies, women's rights

On September 10, 2018, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC or Child Rights Committee) published its first decision involving sexual violence against a minor, finding that Cameroon had failed to adequately investigate, punish, and redress the rape of a 10-year-old girl. [ACERWC] The Child Rights Committee found that the State’s lack of

September 2018: Human Rights Council, UN Treaty Bodies, and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

September 3, 2018 IJRC African System, children, civil society, cultural rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, enforced disappearance, European System, Inter-American System, international human rights, judicial independence, LGBTI rights, migrants, monthly overview, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

In the month of September, several universal and regional bodies will be in session to assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through the consideration of State and civil society reports, country visits, and the review of individual complaints. Five United Nations treaty bodies will meet in September to engage with States regarding their treaty obligations related to the

Conflicts in Cameroon Escalate, Human Rights Experts Respond

August 7, 2018 IJRC African System, assembly and association, children, civil society, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, discrimination, extrajudicial executions, international human rights, liberty & security of person, massacres, regional human rights protection, right to life, Universal system

In the past month, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have called on Cameroon to launch an investigation into persistent reports of a deteriorating human rights situation in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, including to investigate a video showing the alleged extrajudicial executions of a

August 2018: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

July 30, 2018 IJRC African System, children, civil society, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, Inter-American System, international human rights, migrants, monthly overview, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, torture, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

In the month of August, various universal and regional bodies will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through interactive dialogues, the consideration of State and civil society reports, and the review of individual complaints. Three United Nations treaty bodies will meet in August to engage with States regarding their treaty obligations related to the prevention of torture, the

Council of Europe Moves to Protect Children in the Digital Age

July 17, 2018 IJRC assembly and association, children, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, education, European System, international human rights, privacy, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association

This month the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (COE) adopted guidelines and recommendations on the rights of children in the digital environment for all Member States of the Council of Europe. See Committee of Ministers, Recommendation CM/Rec(2018) 7 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on Guidelines to respect, protect, and fulfil the rights of the

Ten Human Rights Standards Implicated by U.S. Immigration Policy Changes

June 27, 2018 IJRC children, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, family, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, right to life, U.S. courts, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies

Recent changes in the United States’ immigration policies have drawn fresh condemnation from human rights experts and civil society, particularly as news spread that authorities had separated approximately 2,000 children from their parents at the country’s southern border. [IACHR Press Release; OHCHR Press Release; UNHCR Press Release] These changes include automatic criminal prosecution and detention of adults – including asylum