Survival of 17,000 Children at Risk Every Day if G7 Leaders Fail to Take Action
The survival of 17,000 children and 800 mothers is at stake every day if leaders and heads of state do not take decisive action at the 41st G7 summit in Germany this weekend, warns Save the Children and Save the Children Action Network.
UN refugee agency concerned by abduction of Eritrean asylum-seekers in eastern Sudan
Eritrean children at Shagarab camp in eastern Sudan (2010).
Members of European Parliament debate strategies for protecting intellectual property rights
Intellectual property rights are an essential part of the economy.
Syria: Security Council ‘outraged’ by intensifying attacks against civilians
Destruction in Salah Ed Din neighbourhood, Syria.
Gender equality: MEPs debate strategy for the next five years
A new EU strategy for equality between women and men beyond 2015 will be debated by MEPs on Monday 8 June. The draft EP resolution drafted by Maria Noichl states that progress in the EU has been slow and that much remains to be done over the next five...
Crackdown on journalist and activists jeopardize human rights in Iran, UN expert warns
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed.
Thailand: Drop Charges Against Student Activists
Protesters are detained by policemen during a protest in central Bangkok on May 22...
Seal products: internal market MEPs strengthen EU trade ban
An exception to the EU ban on trade in seal products was deleted by the Internal Market Committee on Thursday. MEPs ruled out EU sales of seal products from “maritime resource management” hunts, in line with a 2014 World Trade Organisation ruling. But...
Child victims of violence rarely have access to justice, UNICEF says
Most child victims of violence in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia find themselves unable to speak up and file charges in court, according to a new UNICEF regional report launched here on June 3.
Child maltreatment in Asia-Pacific is costing countries US $209 billion each year, says UNICEF
Child abuse and violence is costing countries in East Asia and the Pacific around US $209 billion/year, equivalent to 2 percent of the region’s GDP, according to newly published research commissioned by UNICEF. This is the first ever costing of child...
