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Lack of housing forces victims of domestic violence in Latin America to stay with abusers
16 July 2010 – An investigative study on domestic violence and housing in Latin America released today reveals that likely hundreds of thousands of women remain in homes where they are subjected to violence simply because they have no alternative place to go.
The 50-page report, released by the Geneva-based international housing rights watchdog the Centre [...]
New report: Social insecurity The financialisation of healthcare and pensions in developing countries
Bretton Woods Project
This report aims to raise awareness of private financial institutions’ influence on healthcare and pensions in developing countries. ‘Financialisation’ – the expanding systemic power and scope of finance and financial markets and actors – has persisted, even through the financial crisis, without adequate debate or scrutiny. It argues that the privatisation reforms have [...]
International AIDS Conference Should Inspire Action, not Rhetoric
Vienna: Make Rights Real for People Living With HIV
International AIDS Conference Should Inspire Action, not Rhetoric
(Vienna, July 17, 2010) – Governments should take concrete steps to expand human rights protection for those most vulnerable to HIV infection to address the global AIDS pandemic effectively, Human Rights Watch said today on the eve of the 18th [...]
UNICEF-Innocenti Working Paper: Child victims of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
This paper addresses the legal framework and medical and psychological impacts of torture on children.
Authors: Liwski, Norbeto; O’Donnell, Daniel
Child victims of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
UNICEF-Innocenti Working Paper: Restorative justice after mass violence: opportunities and risks for children and youth
There is growing interest in the role that restorative justice can play in addressing mass atrocities. This paper describes the associated principles and practices within juvenile justice systems and in societies emerging from mass violence. It also examines the meaning, opportunities and limitations of restorative justice in transitional societies, particularly in relation to the needs [...]
UNICEF-Innocenti Working Paper: Psychosocial support for children: protecting the rights of child victims and witnesses in transitional justice processes
The paper first looks at psychosocial factors that affect children’s participation in transitional justice mechanisms. These factors largely determine children’s need for protection and support and can reflect children’s responses to their involvement in transitional justice processes. A distinction has to be made between psychosocial factors related to the child and his or her experiences [...]
UNICEF-Innocenti Working Paper:Prosecuting international crimes against children: the legal framework
States in post-conflict situations are faced with extremely difficult choices as they try to find the right balance between judicial and non-judicial means to improve accountability for crimes committed during the conflict and to contribute to national reconciliation. These choices are made on the basis of the specific circumstances of each state. Nevertheless, due consideration [...]
UNICEF-Innocenti Working Paper: The role of civil society in implementing the General Measures of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
This paper examines the role of civil society in the process of implementing the general measures of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, as defined in article 4 of the Convention and its General Comment No.5 (2003). While it is established in international law that States parties are the primary duty bearers to [...]
Child in the City: 5th European Conference
The 2010 Child in the City Conference will take place in Florence, Italy from 27 to 29 October. The conference is organised on a bi-annual basis by the European Network Child Friendly Cities and the Child in the City Foundation. It is taking place for the first time in southern Europe, after previous venues in [...]
a new UNICEF Report: Violence against children in sport
FLORENCE, Italy 12 July 2010 – A study released today by UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre states that child protection and violence prevention are not embedded in sport delivery systems, and finds worrying knowledge gaps among sports teachers and coaches. As a result, the report says that the same types of violence and abuse sometimes found [...]