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Mary Robinson and The Elders Make Child Marriage Prevention a Top Priority

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.14.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

Working to bring together non-governmental agencies from around the world, Girls Not Brides is confronting a practice that prohibits 10 million girls -- annually -- of the right to an education, health, and security.

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Blocking a UN Threat to the Family

Ken Blackwell | Posted 06.04.2011

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Ken Blackwell

If it should ever be ratified, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child would stand above our Constitution, and above our laws and Supreme Court rulings. Do we really want Muammar Gaddafi deciding what Human Rights are?

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Sri Lanka's Defining Moment?

Sandeep Gopalan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sandeep Gopalan

There are allegations that the media in Sri Lanka has been intimidated through killings, torture, disappearances and detentions. Accurate reporting is the casualty.

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How HR 4247 Could Affect Your Child

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alexia Parks

Two cases reported by the GAO are revealing. In one case a Florida teacher's aide gagged and duct-taped children as young as 6 for misbehaving.

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Obama Talks About the Rights of Children

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alexia Parks

Of the 193 countries who have signed the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, only two countries in the world, the United States and Somalia, have refused to ratify it.

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Where Do We Stand on the Rights of Children?

Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Victoria Fine

The United States is the only country other than Somalia that has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. To understand why, we sat down with longtime humanitarian, Eduardo Garcia.

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Obama Administration Seeks To Join U.N. Rights Of The Child Convention

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — The Obama administration is reviving efforts to have the United States sign onto a global children's rights treaty ratified by ...

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Seized at 15, Omar Khadr turns 22 in Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Today, Omar Khadr, the sole Canadian citizen in Guantánamo, marks his 22nd birthday in isolation. Seized in Afghanistan when he was just 15 years old...

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"Screwed up" and "abused": Omar Khadr's Canadian interrogations at Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

In 2003, when he was 16, Omar was visited by representatives of Special Investigations. The video shows Omar displaying his wounds, weeping uncontrollably and pulling at his hair in despair.

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