Here we go again. The top prosecutor with the United Nations said Sunday four war crimes suspects, including Ratko Mladic, are within reach of Serbian officials. Serbia in its bidding to ascend to the European Union faces pressure to hand over war crimes fugitives suspected of atrocities during the 1990s, including the massacre of 5,000 […]
Child labor may seem like a thing of the past, a relic last left in the cloudy days of the Depression, sadly the use of child labor has never been erased and it has proved to be a stalemate in societies. In India, child labor proves hard to end, as millions of children continue to […]
A Canadian-born citizen captured in Afghanistan during the U.S.-led counterterrorism effort there at the age of 15 can be tried for murder, a judge said. U.S. Army Col. Peter Brownback denied an argument presented by lawyers for Omar Khadr, now 21, the he was illegally conscripted to fight for al-Qaida militants in Afghanistan and should […]
“Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.” -Albert Einstein Children inherit our […]
Quarter of kids don't meet vaccine schedule, as more than a quarter of American children do not meet the U.S. government's recommendations for childhood vaccinations, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers. Viral outbreak hits China province, as the deaths of 19 children and the infection of more than 900 […]
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday the country should be ashamed of its frequent abortions of female fetuses, a practice that is widespread because of the country's deep-seated cultural preference for boys. Every year, an estimated 500,000 female fetuses are aborted because of their gender, due in part to the traditional belief that sons […]
In what can only be seen as a move by Pentagon lawyers to get ahead of the issue before the Supreme Court weighs in this summer, the war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay gave permission to the former driver for Osama bin Laden to communicate with his fellow inmates asking them to describe the nature […]
Every year some 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders and some 27 million people remain enslaved across the globe, over half of which are children. Romania is in no way an exception from the scourge of modern slavery, as children, are trafficked internally for sexual exploitation and forced begging. Roma girls are especially vulnerable […]
Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz faced the Iraqi High Tribunal Tuesday on war crimes charges for the execution of 42 business men who protested rising food prices in the wake of U.N. sanctions on the former regime. Aziz, widely recognized by his coke-bottle glasses and bombastic English, surrendered to U.S. forces shortly after […]
This week UNICEF has launched "Unite for Child Survival: Advocacy Week" , a full week dedicated to raising awareness to all of the issues facing children around the globe. Part of the campaign is focused on encouraging citizens to use their voice to influence lawmakers and make an impact in saving children's lives. The U.S. […]
Sunday marked the two year anniversary since the International Criminal Court issued its first arrest warrants against Sudanese officials suspected of war crimes in Darfur. To mark the occasion, Facebook (yes, Facebook) launched “Wanted for War Crimes Watch List” application to its users. The point of the project is to generate public awareness along the […]
More teenage mothers emerge in Texas polygamy probe according to Texas authorities said on April 24th, as they identified 25 more mothers under the age of 18 among those removed from a polygamist compound. There are some 460 minors at the center of what has become the states largest child abuse investigation in history A […]
Today April 25th is World Malaria Day, spearheaded by the Roll Back Malaria campaign, which was launched in 1998 by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank. Malaria continues to kill more than a million people every year, mostly children, and […]
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." – James Arthur Baldwin Children follow the path that we set for them, they look to their elders for examples and guidance. As we have all too often seen, as with the children's poll I mentioned […]
Talk of HIV/AIDS in South Africa is nothing new, nor is the scale at which it affects children in the country, where the epidemic is one of the worst in the world. According to the, 'the Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa – National and Provincial Indicators for 2006′ report,estimates that almost half of […]