Ethiopia's famine conjures up the horrors of starvation. The image of a 3-year-old child dying captured by cameraman Mohammed Amin and reporter Michael Buerk was witnessed by 470 million people around the world. This was in 1984. The inconsolable image of Africa was forever changed and made indelible by an emaciated boy. For at least […]
“Come, let us put our minds together to see what kind of lives we can create for our children.” -Chief Sitting Bull (Lakota Indian Chief) The future of the worlds children is in all our hands, it is not for one alone to strive to see that the children of today and tomorrow are given […]
The Top 100 Civil Liberties Advocacy Blogs was just released, and it is with great pleasure that I inform you that the Foreign Policy Association's Children's Rights blog has made the cut. The list, which was compiled by the Criminal Justice Degree Guide, is broken down by subject matter. Featured our very own blog in […]
In yet another resounding slap in the face to the Bush administration on its policies during the so-called war on terror, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday ruled 5-4 that foreign nationals held at Guantanamo Bay have a right to challenge their detention in civilian courts. “We hold these petitioners do have the habeas corpus privilege,” […]
Today marks the 2008 World Day Against Child Labour, this years theme is: ‘Education: The right response to child labour’. This year the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) has established the campaign to tackle the right to education for all children to brake the chain of child labour that envelops […]
The ICC's first trial, against Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, will be delayed. Lubanga, a leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots, is accused of command responsibility for hundreds of civilian deaths and the large-scale recruitment or impression into service of child soldiers. Critical case documents are available here, though the judges’ written explanation of […]
BELGRADE (AFP) ‚ Stojan Zupljanin, wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal in connection with atrocities against Muslims and Croats during the Bosnian war, has been arrested near Belgrade, officials said Wednesday.He was among the most-wanted Serbs indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia — alongside Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic […]
I have to take a moment to point out how much I disagree with the Slate article by Christopher Hitchens on former South African President Nelson Mandela and Zimbabwe. Hitchens attacks President Mandela for not speaking out on Zimbabwe: "By his silence about what is happening in Zimbabwe, Mandela is making himself complicit in the […]
Economic security, writes the Spectator’s Michael Heath, is the best form of loyalty required to stabilize Afghanistan’s volatile environment (see The Spectator issue May 31, 2008). But how does one provide economic security in a country that depends on the illicit production of poppies, heroin’s source ingredient? Turn a blind eye. Legitimate crops, writes Heath, […]
"For millions of people around the world, the fight against human trafficking is a matter of life and death," she told the debate. "To reunite families that have been torn apart, to restore childhood to kids who have been robbed of their youth, to bring back dignity to all those violated by these abuses , […]
Is this the end for the cluster bomb? For many the idea of placing a ban on a military weapon which is said to inflict a 98% civilian casualty rate is seen by many a no brainier. However when states unite on the issue feet seem to drag. It took weeks before the latest ban […]
Our friends at Human Rights Watch have just released an important report that is a must read for anyone following the Zimbabwe crisis. “Bullets for Each of You” is a professional look at the flawed electoral process and a warning siren to the international community. Here is a paragraph or two from the report summary: […]
Malaria battle gains mainstream popularity through the “Nothing But Nets” program. The program for which a mere $10 buys an insecticide-treated bed net, has united people and organizations from all walks of life in the battle against malaria and helped make charitable action a wildly popular undertaking, The New York Times reports. Supporters that have […]
This week Save the Children UK released the report, Someone that matters: The Quality of Care in Childcare in Institutions in Indonesia, the report showed that financial pressures in Indonesia are driving more families to give up their children. The report, which was launched in joint effort with the UN children's agency UNICEF and the […]
KSM (who has confessed) and his codefendants had a preliminary hearing Thursday. The Washington Post notes that, far from a secret undertaking in a dark room, it was attended by two dozen members of the international press, some of whom blogged about the proceedings. Aside from rejecting appointed counsel, KSM weighed in on same-sex marriage […]