United Nations’ Approval of the Revolutionary Resolution on Realizing Children’s Rights Through a Healthy Environment

Posted on Federica VerseaPosted in Children's Rights, Education, Empowerment, Environment, Health

On October 7, 2020, the United Nations approved the Resolution on Realizing Children’s Rights Through a Healthy Environment. Our partner, Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI), has published an insightful article about this historical event. This Resolution is indeed a landmark – it represents a starting point for the implementation of children’s environmental rights and a […]

Humanium Delivers Second Child Rights Coaching Workshop

Posted on OlivierPosted in Children's Rights, Education, Empowerment, Human Rights, Life at Humanium

On 25 September 2020, Humanium delivered the second in its series of child rights coaching e-workshops to a group of child rights professionals. The interactive 90-minute-long session saw the union of rights professionals from across the world. “Our Child Rights Coaching was born as an idea to give a taste of the tools Humanium uses […]

Slovenian Ambassador Speaks out on Environmental Rights

Posted on OlivierPosted in Children's Rights, Environment, Freedom, Health

Sabina Stadler Repnik, Ambassador of Slovenia and Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Office and Other International Organisations in Geneva, has authored an insightful article on the importance of environmental rights for the future of our planet. Originally published by Humanium’s partner organisation, the Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI), the Ambassador’s article highlights […]

Humanium Joins Global Call for Right to a Healthy Environment

Posted on OlivierPosted in Children's Rights, Environment, Freedom, Health

Almost 1000 organisations have called on the nations of the world to recognise the international human right to a healthy environment for all. Humanium has participated in the extraordinary civil society call which we are proud to publish below. In September 2020, Humanium joined forces with almost 1000 civil society organisations to endorse a Joint […]

The Day of the African Child 2020: Child-Friendly Justice in Africa

Posted on Ginevra VaglianiPosted in Children's Rights, Education, Empowerment, Freedom

The Day of the African Child (henceforth referred to as DAC) is celebrated every year on June 16th by Member States of the African Union (AU). The main purpose is to raise awareness on children’s rights by addressing the numerous challenges facing children across the continent. Due to Covid-19, the priority was talking about children […]

Historic Commitment to End Worst Forms of Child Labor

Posted on Leah BenquePosted in Children's Rights, Discover India, Explotation, Freedom, Labour

At the beginning of August 2020, all member countries (187) of the International Labor Organization (ILO) ratified ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, an event which international organizations such as Human Rights Watch (here HRW) welcomed as an “important milestone”.[1] (Wurth, 2020) In an unprecedented move, all member countries universally […]

Menstrual Stigma and Chhaupadi Practices

Posted on Yagmur OzturkPosted in Children's Rights, Discover India, Freedom, Health, Poverty, violence

In a school in Gujarat’s Bhuj, India, 70 students were forced by their principals to remove their undergarments in order to continue their education. Why? Because they had to prove that they were not menstruating. This did not occur last decade or last year, it happened in early 2020. (SheThePeople, 2020) Although many countries and […]

Armed Violence Against Children in Central America’s Northern Triangle

Posted on Igi NderiPosted in Children's Rights, Freedom, refugees, violence

Armed violence is a complex multidimensional phenomenon linked to high levels of inequality and exclusion, as well as institutional and structural constraints such as poor governance, weak rule of law, ineffective implementation of security strategies and high levels of impunity (UNICEF, 2020). This article will show the consequences armed violence has on children’s life, survival […]

Humanium at the Forefront of the Protection of Children’s Rights in Armed Conflicts

Posted on Federica VerseaPosted in Children's Rights, Freedom, Peace, violence

Humanium has signed a Joint-Statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) on the Situation of Children in Armed Conflict. During this month of September, the International Day to Protect Education from Attack (9 September) and the International Day of Peace (21 September) urged the International Community to reflect upon the right to education, […]