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Convention on the Rights of the Child

Join the World in Embracing Children's Rights

Human Rights Watch | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

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Human Rights Watch

Only two countries in the world have failed to ratify The Convention on the Rights of the Child: Somalia and the United States, which drafted more of its provisions than any other government.

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Italy Hosts Child Soldiers Symposium

Jim Luce | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

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Jim Luce

With the changing nature of armed conflict, the impact of war on children and young people has become more brutal than ever.

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

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

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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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Channeling My Inner Idealist

Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living

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Jennifer Winstanley

Leaving law school for a semester in the middle of my second year to go work for an NGO in Northern Thailand was easier than I thought it would be. At...

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