The Committee on the Rights of the Child (here now “Committee”) monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties. Since 2014, children can complain about their country directly to the Committee, if certain criteria are met. Questions children (everyone under the age of 18 years) shall […]
The global community is demanding an end to an unacceptable practice in Cameroon. It is calling for the eradication of the worst forms of child exploitation, including work in slavery-like conditions, dangerous and exhausting work, and other extreme forms of exploitation. In its campaign against child labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has proposed, to […]
‘Closed Education Centres’ (CEF) are defined, in Article 33 of 2 February 1945’s ruling on young offenders, as centres where “minors are subject to measures of surveillance and control ensuring an educational and pedagogic programme which is individually adapted and reinforced”. The United Nations Committee for the Rights of the Child sees these establishments, thought […]
Children have the right to have their births registered and it falls to parents to respect this right, which is enshrined in article 51 of Senegal’s Family Code. Section 2 of the Code, which dates from 1972, states: “Every birth must be declared to the appropriate authority within one month”. The paradox of this legislation is […]
In a country where close to 10 million people are illiterate and 1,137,546 children, teenagers and young people have not received a primary or secondary education (UNESCO), education poses a major challenge. In Morocco, there has been some progress in recent years thanks to new reforms in the education system. This progress remains insufficient however, […]
China is experiencing a massive labour migration from rural areas to cities. In 2009, 11% of the population, around 145 million people, moved from the countryside to large cities to find employment (Hu, 2012). But those migrating for work are not always without family ties; many of them are also parents who have had to […]
The first quarter of 2017 was marked by a food crisis affecting approximately fifteen countries, of which four of these regions are suffering from severe famine. The United Nations has sounded the alarm. What is famine? We all have a more or less concrete idea of what it is, but it is not as obvious […]
In 2015, the EU received 1,321,600 asylum applicants and almost 30% of these applicants were children (European Union Committee, 2016). These refugees have to face many problems; not only do they have to abandon their homes and their families, but they also have to assimilate into a completely new country where the youngest of them […]
On 20 January 2017, taking advantage of the silence of the United States’ new Donald Trump administration, the Israeli government promised the construction of more than 6,000 homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem annexed territory. This expansion of the settlements will further set back the emergence of a Palestinian State and paralyse hope […]
Many countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East are plagued by war and other troubles, which displace and endanger millions of children. They are forced to move from their homelands to European borders in order to find safety. Displaced families are often separated, and they suffer extremely poor living conditions. Many children are orphaned […]
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