Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of the Child as it drafts General Comment No. 27 on children’s rights to access to justice and ...

In a landmark decision for Maryland’s children and youth involved in the child welfare system, the Supreme Court of Maryland recently issued its opinion in In re K.B., reaffirming a fundamental ...

Recently the U.N. special representative on violence against children called on member countries to ratify two optional protocols to the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child which would help ...

We write in advance of the 98th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Ecuador. This submission is an update to our 2021 contribution to the list of issues prior to ...

We’ve made progress in many realms of civil rights over the past decades in the U.S. The rights of African Americans, women, gays and lesbians, and handicapped people have expanded, thanks in part to ...

Parental rights have emerged as a central battleground in the culture wars, debated in school board meetings, courtrooms and legislative chambers across the country. As conflicts intensify over what ...

-to take appropriate action on behalf of persons whose rights have been, are being, or are likely to be violated; -to enlist the aid of such persons as may be necessary to give expert advice in order ...

Since its creation, the United Nations has prioritized protecting the rights and safety of children as central to its efforts to promote justice, human rights and safeguard our future. In 1946, in the ...