The 20th November 2014 is the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention is the world’s most widely accepted human rights treaty, having been ratified by almost every member state of...

Imagine being condemned to spend the rest of your life in prison when you were still a child. Imagine being just 15 years old, and knowing you will never be free again. We all change so much as we grow up, but no matter what you did or...

In Iran a young man is facing execution, even though he was a child at the time of his alleged crimes. This is a shocking possibility, and completely contrary to international law. Saman Naseem is now just 21 years old, but it has been...

Imagine fleeing your home and your country. Leaving behind everything that you know, hoping to find some safety elsewhere. Then, imagine that instead of safety you are detained, and told you will be returned to your country, without...

What does ‘home’ mean to you? For me, my childhood home was a lot more than a roof over my head. It brought with it a feeling of security and belonging – with family, friends and my local community. For 50 Roma children and their...

Discriminatory provisions in Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian law are failing to protect women and girl survivors of sexual violence, routinely denying them justice. Shockingly, teenage girls in Algeria and Tunisia can find themselves...

Being a teenager can be a stressful time in life. What were you worrying about when you were 15? Were you worrying about exams? Friends? Your parents? The future? Whatever the concerns of your teenage years, you probably weren't...

The Director of Casa Alianza Honduras, a children’s rights organization, was beaten and detained by military police on 8 May. He believes his mistreatment was in retaliation for speaking out against violence against children in...

Do you remember being 16 and finishing your secondary school exams? Do you remember waiting for your results, looking to the future, eagerly wondering what life would hold for you? What if the answer was torture, imprisonment and a...

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most ratified human rights treaty. 192 countries have ratified the Convention, which requires States to give primary consideration to the best interests of a child when making decisions...

The International Day for Street Children takes place on 12 th April and provides a platform for the millions of children around the world to speak out so their rights cannot be ignored. The Consortium for Street Children (CSC)...

16-year-old Samir Awad was brutally assassinated by Israeli soldiers. After finishing his school science exam in January 2013 the child was walking along a crossing close to the Israeli fence in the West Bank. He was ambushed by...

Owing to a political dispute, on 15 December 2013 violence between rival army factions erupted in South Sudan. As a result thousands of people have been killed, many of them children, with 860,000 displaced. A serious humanitarian...

Recent UNICEF reports suggest that there are more than 200 million orphan children worldwide. This figure rises drastically when taking into consideration the number children (millions) who are abandoned, sold and/or trafficked around...

Tribute to Amnesty International worker, Catherine Suggitt, nee Snowden, by Valerie Doulton Catherine and I first got to know each other well in meetings to discuss Female Genital Mutilation many years ago, this was the first time this...