We follow and shape the debates about the need to increase young people’s access to their rights, highlight the current challenges for young people in accessing their rights, review the existing frameworks for ensuring the rights of young people, and critically engage with the rationale for an additional Convention on the Rights of Young People.
The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) is approaching its 20th anniversary. In 2014, advocates, governments, and experts will come together to assess our progress since the landmark ICPD
Many blogs and articles were written/ posted on this topic yesterday (I have listed a few of our favorites below), but our very own Adolescent Girls' Advocacy and Leadership Initiative
Despite the recent Supreme Court ruling in Miller v. Alabama, the United States will remain the only country in the world to sentence children to spend their lives in prison.
The issue of detaining youth who are seeking asylum is a fact that continues to haunt many minors and their families and stress resources of receiving countries across the globe.
A year on from the England riots, we investigated what life was like for children and young people in England and what – if any – impact the riots have
On the 7th of August 2011, a peaceful protest in London became the ignition of four nights of riots and looting. The fires burned through English towns and cities, with
“It’s a little cliché in sustainable development circles to say: “we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” That doesn’t make it any
At Rio+20, countries and world leaders are actively blocking references in the conference agreement to human rights. Despite all countries at the United Nations agreeing to the Universal Declaration on
One of the most contentious issues in juvenile justice policy is determining the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR). There is a large variation around the world on what the
The Convention on the Rights of a Child was adopted nearly 23 years ago. It grew out of the recognition that children needed special protection if the United Nations was
