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Highlights

EUROPE: Sexual rights and risks among youth online

news-archive26 Oct 2015

Children and youth are one of the fastest-growing groups of internet users, bringing them great opportunities – but also new risks.

ZAMBIA: No justice for child raped by celebrity

news-archive22 Oct 2015

Zambia’s President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has been hit by crisis after crisis since taking office in January this year, but his greatest shame is one entirely of his own making.

EUROPE: Tackling violence against children

publications19 Oct 2015

A report from Augeo Versterkt and the Dutch Children's Ombudsman on tackling violence against children in Europe, to coincide with the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children's 2015 theme of Violence against Children.

UNITED KINGDOM: Bishop escaped abuse charges after royal family, MPs intervened, court told

news-archive7 Oct 2015

MPs, a lord chief justice, a member of the royal family and public school headmasters all intervened to stop a bishop being prosecuted for sexual abuse 22 years ago, the Old Bailey has heard.

Research and Monitoring

Looking beyond the headlines

CRIN MONITOR: The UN and children in armed conflict: playing politics?

24 Jul 2015

CRIN and Child Soldiers International joint briefing on the UN Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on children and armed conflict.

INHUMAN SENTENCING: Life imprisonment of children around the world

25 Mar 2015

CRIN is launching a global research report on life imprisonment as part of the Inhuman Sentencing Campaign that highlights the prevalence and plurality of laws permitting life imprisonment for children.

PAKISTAN: An estimated 800 child offenders unlawfully on death row

18 Mar 2015

Refugee children in conflict with the law in Bethlehem

26 Feb 2015

Minimum ages of criminal responsibility around the world

13 Jan 2015

HOLY SEE: Notes from the UN Committee Against Torture’s review

19 May 2014

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Policy and Advocacy

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CHILD RIGHTS: CRIN submission to the OHCHR on children's right to an adequate standard of living

28 Oct 2015

Submission to the OHCHR for the preparation of the report on "Protection of the family and the contribution of families in realising the right to an adequate standard of living".