Convention on the Rights of the Child

The U.N. Human Rights Council's current session offers a critical opening for leaders to address the health crisis spurred by U.S. funding cuts.

States should incorporate child-specific provisions within a future Crimes Against Humanity Convention to better protect children's rights.

A new report has identified 314 individual Ukrainian children that Russian officials transferred from Ukraine to Russia for coerced adoption.

Researchers identified 314 individual Ukrainian children that Russian officials transferred from Ukraine to Russia for coerced adoption.

Conditions on the ground in the Sudan conflict show that both sides are disregarding international children's rights law.

Ці спільні зусилля є практичним проявом єдності та солідарності міжнародної спільноти, спрямованої…

A Ukrainian whose organization received the Nobel Peace Prize writes with an exiled Russian democracy activist and a US legal-rights advocate on the challenge of documenting these…

In 57 countries, judicial systems will handle those suspected of crimes, but thousands of other individuals must be reintegrated into society.

A majority of the approximately 72,000 detainees from 57 countries are children, and the militant group is targeting youths for recruitment.

Vice Chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture, Felice Gaer, writing in her personal capacity.

On November 5, around 78 students were kidnapped from a school in Cameroon, allegedly by separatist rebels. The students were released days later, but the story does not end there…

Children in cages. Children under five crying alone. Anguished parents. As these images have assaulted Americans’ sensibilities in recent weeks, they have also brought international…