Convention on the Rights of the Child

The Conflicted Role Of Religion In The 'Rights' Of Children

Katherine Marshall | Posted 08.30.2011

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Katherine Marshall

Making child rights into something that helps the children who need them most means hard, collaborative work by often unlikely partners.

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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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U.S. Government Witness Testifies Gitmo Prisoner's Religiosity Makes Him Dangerous

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daphne Eviatar

The Obama administration has neatly washed its hands of the serious legal problems with its first military commissions trial. But it cannot so neatly solve the problem of having violated its international legal obligations.

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Iran's Nuclear Crisis: Why ICC Ratification Could Help Ease Tensions and Avert War

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sam Sasan Shoamanesh

Increasing sanctions coupled with a record of reliance on aggressive language, inflexible positions and the overhanging threat of war have only served to toughen Iranian resolve.

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Join the World in Embracing Children's Rights

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 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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Channeling My Inner Idealist

Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 11.17.2011

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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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