UNICEF and UNHCR welcome EU policy to protect migrant and refugee children
UNICEF and UNHCR on April 12th, welcome a new policy guidance from the European Commission as an important milestone for the protection of migrant and refugee children.
Child marriages: MEPs discuss how to put an end to this scourge

Mauritania/Malian refugee/ Fati, 13, poses for a picture in Mbera refugee camp, 50 km away from...
Egypt: Horrific Palm Sunday Bombings
The suicide bombings at two Egyptian churches on April 9, 2017, that killed at least 45 people are a terrifying reminder of the escalating threats facing Egypt’s Christian minority, Human Rights Watch said on Apr 12. Two parishioners and a pastor at...
Lebanon: Pass Bill to End Child Marriage
Lebanon’s parliament should quickly pass legislation to end child marriage in the country, Human Rights Watch said on Apr 12.
US: California Bail System Penalizes the Poor
California pressures poor people who cannot pay bail to plead guilty in order to be released from jail, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Apr 11. The system of money bail and pretrial detention also results in the unnecessary jailing of...
Indonesia: Release Gay Men at Risk of Torture
Indonesian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release two men detained in Aceh province under a local ordinance that criminalizes homosexuality, Human Rights Watch said on Apr 09.
On International Roma Day, OSCE Mission to Serbia reaffirms its committment to greater social inclusion and tolerance

Representatives of Serbia-based companies interested in hiring hold speed interviews with Roma job seekers at Roma employment...
More than 6,000 flee fresh South Sudan violence into Uganda

South Sudanese new arrivals rest at Ngoromoro after a long journey from South Sudan’s Pajok town.
‘They are throwing us on the street like dogs’ - Europe abandons the Roma in Italy
In the last weeks, ahead of International Roma Day on 8 April, EU leaders in Brussels have been paying great lip service to Roma, Europe’s largest and most disadvantaged minority.
Nationwide immunization campaign protects 5 million children against polio in war-torn Yemen

Health workers and volunteers make their way to deliver polio vaccines in the remote...