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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most universally accepted human rights treaty in history. This Universal Children’s Day, the United Nations marks the 31st anniversary of ...

A U.N. human rights expert says that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals ...

The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC ... the application of the Convention cannot justify its grave and persistent violations ...

Human rights advocates are calling for an independent investigation into the deadly explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and Syria The Latest The U.S. Justice Department has opened a ...

Migrant children kicked and headbutted at facilities in Canary Islands currently housing over 5,000 young people ...

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Young voters from across the country say the economy and the cost of living, abortion, immigration and foreign policy are ...

Israel has attacked 16 schools in Gaza in the past six weeks, killing hundreds of Palestinians, rights group Euro-Med Human ...

Human rights are a set of rules that support how all people can be treated equally and with respect. Everyone, everywhere in the world is entitled to human rights. We all have a responsibility to ...