Human Rights

Are the children in the West Africa worse off than they where 15 years ago, despite legislations enacted to safeguard children's rights. According to a 6-8 November conference held in Burkina Faso, to assess the progress made by governments to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child. After an assessment of governments in […]

A Sudanese minister said the government there launched legal challenge against a French charity accused of flying over a hundred children from Chad to families in Europe. Interior Minister Zubair Bashir Taha said Sudan planned to sue Zoe's Ark charitable organization for violating international laws by allegedly abducting children from villages and refugee camps in […]

The attempts by the U.S. military to bring charges against an Associated Press photographer is bringing condemnation from the press group.  The U.S. military detained Bilal Hussein in Ramadi in April, 2006, alleging he had links to terrorist groups in Iraq.  Hussein, a 36-year-old native of Fallujah, has been held in custody since then without […]

Here is a great link to photos of children in their daily lives in Cuba, The Children of Cuba If you are interested into a little insight into Cuba then you may be interested to see the 2005 film, Viva Cuba, in which Malu and Jorgito are in love, but their families don't see it […]

As we’ve officially entered into the holiday season, and for many the time of gift giving is quickly approaching. As you are running a muck in daze of lights and glitter, forget not the need of so many that plagues our own countries, and so many children across the world. While we can not single […]

Peacekeeping troops with the European Union and NATO searched the homes of relatives of Radovan Karadzic Friday looking for indications of his whereabouts. Karadzic vanished in 1998 after stepping down from his official government duties.  He, as well as Gen. Ratko Mladic, are on the run for allegations regarding the massacre at Srebrenica, in which […]

  Hope is in the eyes of a child, hope is the child! It is the child who sees the light in the darkness, and walks towards it. The child who reaches out for hope, and readily takes it's hand. It is hope that gives us a world of children who stand tall in adversity. […]

Kaing Guek Eav, known as “Duch,” walked into a courtroom to face charges for the deaths of 1.7 million people nearly 30 years after the atrocities in Cambodia came to an end. Duch, 66, is a former math teacher who lead the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, or S-21, where more than 14,000 people were tortured […]

“Naomi is 15 but looks 10. A horrible burn scar shrivels the skin across her chest and shoulder….She is one of the so-called child witches of Kinshasa, rejected by her family and community at six years old and left to survive on the streets…. ‘Grandfather become sick and my aunt accused me of being a […]

My Esteemed Readers, My sincerest apologies to all of you for the absence of our site over the last five days or so. I thank all of you who continued to check back and for your patience while we resolved the issues. The lack of activity was not entirely a bad thing, our server was […]

Within the fight against poverty, the right to food should be treated as a fundamental right, according to German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul. The policy should ensure that the right to food receives priority, Wieczorek-Zeul called on November 6 in Berlin, at the presentation of the World Bank World Development Report 2008. World Bank Vice […]

  The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial 2007 Human Rights Award laureate was presented this morning to Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Abdallah, of Sudan. The event was opened by Kerry Kennedy, founder The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights. "champions of justice are imbued with moral courage. The cause is compelling, the enemies dangerous and […]