A part of the UN Department of Public Information's ongoing "2015: Time for Global Action" campaign, a new website is now available (in English, soon in all 6 official UN languages.
Terre des hommes and the United Nations Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ) published a compendium of international instruments relating to juvenile justice which « aims to provide a tool that will gather together all the texts guaranteeing children’s rights in the systems of justice. »
« Somalia has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), becoming the 195th State to do so.
« Somalia has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), becoming the 195th State to do so.
The charter was agreed in 1215 between King John and a group of leading barons, led by Robert fitzWalter, exasperated at the king's arbitrary rule and high taxes. It was in effect a peace treaty designed to head off armed conflict. It failed.
« Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 to 15 years are denied their right to an education according to a new joint report from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and UNICEF, "Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All – Findings from the Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children". The report and related data tool were sponsored by the Global Partnership for Education.
The summaries of talks, Powerpoint presentations and audio and video recordings as well are also available online.
Summaries, audio and video recordings and documentation of day 3