Children's Rights

France: Inadequate Plan for Migrant Children at Airport

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:52:00 -0800

(Paris) -The French Immigration Minister's proposals to address the needs of unaccompanied migrant children held at transit zones, especially airports, falls short of bringing France into compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Human Rights Watch said today. The treaty, to which France and most other nations are parties, was adopted 20 years ago today.

US: Ratify Children’s Treaty

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:50:53 -0800

(New York) - The United States should ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is supported by nearly every other nation in the world, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States and Somalia are the only countries that have failed to ratify the Convention, which was adopted 20 years ago, on November 20, 1989.

Q&A: The Convention on the Rights of the Child

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:32:18 -0800

What does the Convention on the Rights of the Child require governments to do?

What was the US' role during the negotiation of the Convention?

What is the current status of US ratification?

Kenya Recruits Somali Refugees To Fight Islamists Back Home In Somalia

<p> Letta Tayler and Chris Albin-Lackey </p> — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:54:03 -0800

(Hagadera Refugee Camp, Kenya) For months, 18-year-old Ahmed Abdullahi had dodged the mortar shells that whizz daily through Mogadishu, the war-ravaged capital of Somalia. The one that finally drove him from Somalia tore though his family's house and ripped a cousin to bits, splattering Ahmed with blood and body parts.

Letter to French Minister of Immigration, Integration, National identity and Solidary development

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:27:01 -0800

Dear Minister Besson,

Iran: Revoke Death Sentences for Juvenile Offenders

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:14:41 -0800

Iran should immediately halt the planned executions of three men under charges of male homosexual conduct allegedly committed when they were children, Human Rights Watch said today.

Lost in Transit

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:45:00 -0700

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Lost in Transit

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:45:00 -0700

In this 60-page report, Human Rights Watch concludes that France's system of detaining and deporting unaccompanied migrant children who arrive in Paris by air puts them at serious risk.

Kenya: Stop Recruitment of Somalis in Refugee Camps

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:41:49 -0700

(Nairobi) - The Kenyan government should immediately stop the recruitment of Somalis in refugee camps to fight for an armed force in Somalia, Human Rights Watch said today. Kenyan authorities have directly supported the drive, which has recruited hundreds of Somali men and boys in the sprawling Dadaab refugee camps as well as Kenyan citizens from nearby towns.

No Refuge: Migrants in Greece

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:37:51 -0700

In a large-scale crackdown between June and August 2009, the Greek authorities arrested hundreds of migrants across the country, evicting them from run-down dwellings in Athens, bulldozing a makeshift camp in Patras, and detaining new arrivals on the islands.