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Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Reflections on the Current State of Children’s Rights in Situations of Armed Conflict, Forced Displacement and Migration

Posted on November 17, 2019November 19, 2019 Jennifer PrashadPosted in Children's Rights, Peace, refugees, violence

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (herein the CRC), it is important to reflect on some of the most critical issues children face in today’s world: armed conflict, forced displacement and child migration. In recent memory is the image of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy who […]

Palestine Chronicle No. 2: Gender Divisions

Posted on November 12, 2019August 2, 2021 Alexis BaronPosted in Children's Rights, Education, Peace, violence

For the first time, Humanium is presenting a series of chronicles. They aim to take us to the heart of Palestine using four themes, four views, each one shining a different light on a region that is as beautiful as it is disturbing. In the face of the endless divisions between Israelis and Palestinians, how […]

Kashmir Conflict: What is happening with the children?

Posted on October 6, 2019November 5, 2019 Leah BenquePosted in Children's Rights, violence

In the wake of the 30th Anniversary of The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), Humanium continues to emphasize the lacking support of children’s rights, which can be currently witnessed in Kashmir. The children of Kashmir are facing violence and armed conflicts. In this light it is important to remember the […]

October 2, International Day: The Power of Nonviolence!

Posted on September 30, 2019October 12, 2019 Eddy MalouliPosted in Children's Rights, Education, Empowerment, Peace, violence

“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time”. (Martin Luther King Jr., December 10, 1964) This quote from Nobel Peace prize’s acceptance speech shows Martin Luther King’s commitment to nonviolence. His standpoint is related to Gandhi’s ideas and principles upon which he achieved social change for advancing civil rights […]

Children in Sudan: Inequality, poverty, and disease

Posted on September 24, 2019October 12, 2019 Leah BenquePosted in Children's Rights, Human Rights, Peace, violence

Children of Sudan are facing harsh poverty. More than half of them do not attend school, 90% of females are obliged to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), 12.4% of girls are forced to marry before the age 15, and many of them are employed as child soldiers. The infant mortality is of 30%. Some 2.4 […]

Child Immigration Detention: Part 2

Posted on September 17, 2019October 12, 2019 OlivierPosted in Children's Rights, violence

Today each country has its own mechanisms to fight illegal migration, but some have demonstrated not having any limits in the way this should be done, no matter if they are children or adults. The Australian government has made children criminals for traveling without permits making offshore imprisonment on islands, just as was done decades […]

Child Immigration Detention: Part 1

Posted on September 5, 2019October 12, 2019 OlivierPosted in Children's Rights, Human Rights, violence

The immeasurable detriment of child immigration detention continues to mount in prevalence. This article explores where and how the detention of children is taking place, in flagrant violation of international law and standards and in heartbreaking degradation to the wellbeing and safety of the innumerous minors it concerns. A brief international media spotlight has passed […]

Palestine Chronicle No. 1: Growing up in the middle of conflict

Posted on September 3, 2019October 12, 2019 Alexis BaronPosted in Children's Rights, Human Rights, Peace, violence

For the first time, Humanium is presenting a series of chronicles. Their aim is to take us to the heart of Palestine using four themes, four views, each one shining a different light on a region that is as beautiful as it is disturbing. “What on earth were you going to do in this nightmare?” I […]

Searching for answers: The immense human rights work still to be done in face of enforced disappearance

Posted on August 29, 2019October 12, 2019 OlivierPosted in Children's Rights, Human Rights, violence

People look for their families for their whole lives. They themselves go missing in the search. This horrific violation happens alongside abuses of torture, coerced confessions, sexual assault and murder; and exacts untold torment upon its victims and survivors. What is Enforced Disappearance? “Enforced disappearance is the abduction of a person with the acquiescence of […]

Justice for Murtaja Qureiris

Posted on August 22, 2019October 12, 2019 Igi NderiPosted in Children's Rights, Human Rights, violence

Murtaja Qureiris, now 18, faces the death penalty for participating in a series of peaceful protests which trace back to when he was 10 years old. He was arrested in September 2014 at the age of 13 for his involvement in the bicycle protests in Saudi Arabia’s eastern province, Qatif province along with a group […]

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Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Reflections on the Current State of Children’s Rights in Situations of Armed Conflict, Forced Displacement and Migration

Palestine Chronicle No. 2: Gender Divisions

Kashmir Conflict: What is happening with the children?

October 2, International Day: The Power of Nonviolence!

Children in Sudan: Inequality, poverty, and disease

Child Immigration Detention: Part 2

Child Immigration Detention: Part 1

Palestine Chronicle No. 1: Growing up in the middle of conflict

Searching for answers: The immense human rights work still to be done in face of enforced disappearance

Justice for Murtaja Qureiris

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