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When Will it End?

When Will it End?

I honestly didn't want to write anymore about toxic toys, as I felt I had covered it well enough, and there a many other issues regarding children's rights which need to be covered, however I am prompted to bring light to the newest discovery. The outcry over toy recalls has been from lead paint or […]

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Related Health News

Related Health News

The United Nations Population Fund, will now benefit from the international communities efforts to make maternal health a global priority. Over the last 7 years the US has withheld funding for the agency, which was appropriated by Congress, amounting to $204 million. According to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) $34 million has been […]

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Gitmo case underway for Canadian, Khadr

Gitmo case underway for Canadian, Khadr

The status of a Canadian citizen accused of murder, conspiracy, and other terrorist related charges will be determined by a military court Thursday at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Omar Khadr, 21, will face a Military Commissions Review board to determine whether he is eligible for prosecution by the war crimes tribunal sitting at the naval detention […]

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Children and Climate Change

Please see Bill Hewitt's Climate Change Blog for his recent post on Children and Climate Change and the recent report issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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Child Executions in Iran Continue Despite Violation of International Law

Under Article 37(a) of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, child executions are a clear violation of international law. ” [No] capital punishment… shall be imposed for offenses committed by persons below eighteen years of age” Iran Revokes Death Sentence in Juvenile Case, as Dubious Conviction Based on Recanted Testimony Requires Re-Trial […]

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Laptops to Change the Future for Children in The Developing World?

Laptops to Change the Future for Children in The Developing World?

Can a laptop really change the future of a child in the developing world? IT professor Nicholas Negroponte, believes so, and it was his vision 5 years ago, which has now begun production. One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), has it's first order to fill, thanks to Uruguay, who ordered 100,000. Some are surprised that production […]

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Serbian leader testifies at The Hague.

Serbian leader testifies at The Hague.

The war crimes trail for the chairman of the Serbian Radical Party resumed at the international court in the Hague Wednesday.  Vojislav Seselj, 52, is one of the most senior officials of the government of the former Yugoslavia to face prosecution for war crimes during the Bosnian wars.  Seselj faces prosecution for murder, persecution, inhumane […]

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Climate Change and Food Security

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he would discuss how to balance climate change and food security in the development of biofuels when he visits Brazil next week. Speaking before leaving on a trip that takes him first to Argentina, Antarctica and Punto Arenas in Chile, Ban said he wanted to see for himself […]

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Lawyers move to block Gitmo trial.

Lawyers move to block Gitmo trial.

Lawyers for a detainee at Guantanamo Bay issued an appeal to the D.C. Circuit Court to delay his war crimes trial. Omar Khadr, a 21-year-old Canadian, faces the war crimes tribunal sitting at Guantanamo Bay for the death of a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. The appeal challenges the tribunal's authority to determine his combatant status […]

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Youth's Give Views on Human Rights

The following videos are from Youth for Human Rights International which has a series of ad's to promote human rights, all of which can be viewed on their website. YHRI's focus is to teach the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to young people everywhere so that they know and insist on their rights and those […]

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The Increase of Child Soldiers in Myanmar

The Increase of Child Soldiers in Myanmar

When there is no one willing to fight the war, who do you turn to? In the case of Myanmar/Burma, they have been turning to the children, and with the worlds largest child army, their numbers are only looking to increase. Coercion, threats and blackmail are some of the tactics used to recruit child soldiers, […]

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U.S. considering moves to close Gitmo.

U.S. considering moves to close Gitmo.

The Bush administration is considering several proposals granting more legal rights to detained terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. U.S. officials say the legal considerations are a move to close the detention facility at the U.S. naval base and transfer some of the detainees to other facilities in the United States. One proposal being considered […]

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Child Picked Cotton…Central Asia's Child Labor

Child Picked Cotton…Central Asia's Child Labor

Empty classrooms and full fields, may not sounds so frightening at first. One could be talking about field days out for a bit of fun, or seeing the children running on the soccer field. Sadly we are talking about forced child labor, and denial of education by a country, for the sake of profit. A […]

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Chlid Slavery in Your Clothes?

Chlid Slavery in Your Clothes?

Many of you walk into the shops and aimlessly browse the the racks and racks of clothing, and just finding the right shirt can be daunting enough with out trying to wonder what pieces where made by children, and which are slave free. And the truth is that you really can't, for slavery runs deeper […]

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The torture issue.

The torture issue.

The Bush Administration's choice to for U.S. Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, refused to address the legality of the interrogation technique known as waterboarding, skirting a potential legal watershed regarding prosecution against Central Intelligence Agency officers.  At confirmation hearings before the Senate Wednesday, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Penn., said that questioning directed at declaring waterboarding a form […]

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