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Poor policy for special-needs pupils means everyone suffers - South China Morning Post

Mon, 2013/06/10 - 2:14pm

Poor policy for special-needs pupils means everyone suffers
South China Morning Post
Article 29 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child requires that education be directed to the development of the child's personality and abilities to their fullest potential. Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ...

Primary and stage school heads on awards shortlist - This is South Wales

Mon, 2013/06/10 - 11:33am

This is South Wales

Primary and stage school heads on awards shortlist
This is South Wales
The accolade was given to the school — whose pupils are drawn from diverse backgrounds and different nationalities — for its achievement in putting the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at the heart of a school's planning ...

Oz watchdog speaks up for Kiwis - New Zealand Herald

Mon, 2013/06/10 - 11:33am

Oz watchdog speaks up for Kiwis
New Zealand Herald
Mr Faulkner had earlier written to the committee claiming the legislation did not comply with Australia's international human rights treaty obligations, and that it breached the Convention on the Rights of the Child by denying disability support to the ...

Scale up school feeding programme - report - BusinessGhana

Mon, 2013/06/10 - 5:38am

Ghana Business News

Scale up school feeding programme - report
BusinessGhana
The Children's Shadow Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child has called on government to scale up the school feeding programme to all schools, especially those in rural areas. It acknowledges and applauds the role of government in ...
Children and Gender Ministry soon to roll out Ghana Gender Dialoguespyghana.com

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Keep up battle against same-sex marriage, urges Catholic leader - Catholic Herald Online

Mon, 2013/06/10 - 3:49am

Keep up battle against same-sex marriage, urges Catholic leader
Catholic Herald Online
He added that lawyers also were checking whether the law violated France's international commitments, including the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which enshrines a child's rights “to know and be cared for by his or her parents”. He ...

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US finds long-lost diary of top Nazi leader, Hitler aide - Tuoitrenews

Mon, 2013/06/10 - 3:04am

US finds long-lost diary of top Nazi leader, Hitler aide
Tuoitrenews
Vietnam determined to strengthen protection of children Published: 06/08/2013 14:49 Vietnam is always determined to protect children in accordance to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), said Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social ...

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Malawi group AECDM wary over budget cut on child development - Nyasa Times

Sun, 2013/06/09 - 4:21pm

Nyasa Times

Malawi group AECDM wary over budget cut on child development
Nyasa Times
In the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by 192 nations with Malawi being one of them, guarantees the rights of young children to survive, develop and be protected. However, the reports stressed that out of over 3.7 ...

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Ghana's school feeding programme needs expansion in rural areas – Report - Ghana Business News

Sun, 2013/06/09 - 6:29am

Ghana's school feeding programme needs expansion in rural areas – Report
Ghana Business News
The Children's Shadow Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child has called on government to scale up the school feeding programme to all schools, especially those in rural areas. It acknowledges and applauds the role of government in ...

Expand school feeding programme - Report - Citifmonline

Sun, 2013/06/09 - 5:56am

Ghana Business News

Expand school feeding programme - Report
Citifmonline
The Children's Shadow Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child has called on government to scale up the school feeding programme to all schools, especially those in rural areas. It acknowledged and applauded the role of government in ...
Ghana launches Children's Shadow ReportBusinessGhana

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Scale up Ghana's school feeding programme – Report - Ghana Business News

Sun, 2013/06/09 - 12:11am

Scale up Ghana's school feeding programme – Report
Ghana Business News
The Children's Shadow Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child has called on government to scale up the school feeding programme to all schools, especially those in rural areas. It acknowledges and applauds the role of government in ...

Forced child marriage can't be justified on any ground - HotnHitNews

Sat, 2013/06/08 - 12:48pm

Forced child marriage can't be justified on any ground
HotnHitNews
... the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women states that the marriage of a child shall have no legal effect, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, requires States parties to take all effective and ...

Children and Gender Ministry soon to roll out Ghana Gender Dialogue - spyghana.com

Sat, 2013/06/08 - 8:37am

Children and Gender Ministry soon to roll out Ghana Gender Dialogue
spyghana.com
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Children, Gender and Social Protection, during a launch of a 24- page Children's Shadow Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child last week, announced that, the Ministry would soon roll out the Ghana Gender ...

Vietnam determined to strengthen protection of children - Tuoitrenews

Sat, 2013/06/08 - 2:01am

Vietnam determined to strengthen protection of children
Tuoitrenews
Vietnam is always determined to protect children in accordance to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), said Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep. Diep made the statement while speaking at a conference held in ...

Ghana launches Children's Shadow Report - Ghana Business News

Fri, 2013/06/07 - 11:50pm

Ghana launches Children's Shadow Report
Ghana Business News
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Children, Gender and Social Protection, on Friday launched a 24- page Children's Shadow Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Report, which chronicles the state of child rights in Ghana, is a culmination ...

Two-child policy in Myanmar will increase bloodshed - CNN International

Fri, 2013/06/07 - 8:00pm

Two-child policy in Myanmar will increase bloodshed
CNN International
This Rakhine State Government directive also violates Myanmar's international obligations under the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In a speech on May 6, President Thein Sein ...

UN Human Rights Council adopts UPR report on UAE - gulfnews.com

Fri, 2013/06/07 - 1:00pm

UN Human Rights Council adopts UPR report on UAE
gulfnews.com
Considering the UAE's relation to international human rights instruments, I can inform you the competent authorities are preparing the necessary studies to consider the withdrawal of a number of reservations to the Convention on the Rights of the Child ...

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Every Scottish child to have a state-appointed overseer: new bill - Lifesite

Fri, 2013/06/07 - 12:48pm

Lifesite

Every Scottish child to have a state-appointed overseer: new bill
Lifesite
The bill says that its purpose is to fulfill the requirements of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In Ireland, former MEP Dana Scallon has strongly warned that many measures are being put into place in the name of the ...

French Catholic leader urges continued opposition to same-sex marriage - Catholic Free Press

Fri, 2013/06/07 - 10:53am

French Catholic leader urges continued opposition to same-sex marriage
Catholic Free Press
He added that lawyers also were checking whether the law violated France's international commitments, including the 1989 U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, which enshrines a child's rights “to know and be cared for by his or her parents.” He ...

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The importance of registering a disabled child - The Borneo Post

Fri, 2013/06/07 - 10:43am

The importance of registering a disabled child
The Borneo Post
These rights are provided for in Article 23 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Malaysia ratified this convention with reservations in 1995. Additionally, the rights of a disabled child in Malaysia are protected under the Child Act 2001 and ...

Two-child policy in Myanmar will increase bloodshed, by Chris Lewa - The Keene Sentinel

Fri, 2013/06/07 - 10:09am

Two-child policy in Myanmar will increase bloodshed, by Chris Lewa
The Keene Sentinel
The government directive also violates Myanmar's international obligations under the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In a speech on May 6, President Thein Sein pledged that ...

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