Children

The drought that has stricken much of Africa, particularly Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Djibouti and Kenya, has now left at least 500,000 children malnourished and at great risk of death.  According to Anthony Lake, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) executive director, children who are the worse affected by drought plagued famine, are suffering from ‘severe acute malnutrition, whose […]

Earlier this week I wrote the piece, Caylee’s Law: Is Justice Served?. The article asks the question; As many across the country were outraged at the “not guilty” verdict of Casey Anthony, is the question for justice for Caylee now to be served via increased legislation?  Casey Anthony, a young mother from Orlando, Florida, was on trial […]

Much of the country was tightly glued to their televisions as the Casey Anthony trial was underway- there was virtual media frenzy pending her verdict. Casey Anthony a young mother from Orlando, Florida, was on trial for the murder of her daughter, Caylee. Caylee was last seen with her mother, Casey, on June 16, 2008, […]

The UN Security Council held its annual Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict, 12 July 2011 in New York, at which time the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution expanding the criteria for listing parties to conflict in the Secretary-General’s annual report, the 10th Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict, published in April […]

Today, July 11, 2011, is World Population Day, an annual event established to raise awareness of global population issues. The day was set by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, when the world’s population was […]

The plight of Somali children, whose families are fleeing the country’s ongoing 20 year conflict and continuing drought, attempting to reach refugee camps in neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, is ringing alarm bells at the United Nations. Somali children are dying in great numbers- aid workers have begun to discover that many are unable to survive […]

According to UNICEF some 60 million children are forced to enter into marriages before they are of legal age, half of which are in South Asia. While countries in South America, Africa and Asia may have the highest numbers of early and forced marriages, more than 2 million young girls in Europe are also child […]

Today Americans gather to celebrate as a nation both our independence and freedom. We honor those who have fought and died to give us the ability to walk this land without fear of persecution.  The United States is a nation built on the back of injustice one who fought to overcome religious persecutions, escape a dark slave past, one […]

Hearing news of suicide bombers no longer causes shock or dismay, as it has become an all too common mainstay of modern warfare.  The use of suicide bombers has dramatically increased since its modern beginnings in the 1980’s, which saw an average of 4.7 attacks a year, to 180 attacks a year in the first […]

In March I posted the article; UN releases much-anticipated Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights – Washington DC Human Rights on the Washington DC Human Rights Examiner.  In follow-up to the release of the Guiding Principles, earlier this month, on Thursday, June 16, 2011 the United Nations Human Rights Council took an unprecedented step, the as they endorsed a […]

On Monday, June 27, the United States Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, released the 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP report) was released.  The public release of the report made its way online this afternoon following the release event in Washington DC. At approximately 2 p.m. in the Benjamin […]

UNICEF has released their 2010 Annual Report, the report gives a global overview of the previous year’s achievements and highlights a number of various international, regional and national collaborations. The report, released today, highlights UNICEF’s contributions to achieving the Millennium Development Goals in 2010 by providing assistance towards improving children’s health, expanding access to quality education and protecting […]