Using Technology to Personalise and Advance Learning in Classrooms in India
India has seen a push from both the private and state sectors to use technology in an effort to improve learning outcomes for children in schools. There is a central...
Children's Rights
What’s in a Name? Identity of Children in Criminal Proceedings Heads to Court
The North Gauteng High Court has recently considered the protection of identity for child victims, witnesses and offenders, in a case brought by Zephany Nurse and several NGOs. They are...
The Multiple Imperatives To Protect Schools As Safe Spaces Of Learning
As of January 10 2017, 57 states have endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration, setting out the importance of protecting schools during armed conflict. This post summarises a mini series probing...
Child marriage and sexual assault of children in Turkey – does public opinion matter?
The issue of child marriage and sexual abuse of children in Turkey has once again been placed in the spotlight, resulting in wide news coverage. Turkey counts among the countries...
Let’s Talk About Sex Education and Human Rights in Schools
RightsUp #RightNow is a series of mini episodes in the RightsUp podcast series that explores current events dealing with human rights issues. On 11 January, members of a public bill...
Australia set to ban asylum seekers from entering Australia: It is time to hold Australia accountable
On the 30th of October 2016, the Australian government announced that it would be introducing a law into parliament banning asylum seekers from entering Australia. This law will make it...
An English Duty to Have ‘Due Regard’ – An Effective Means of Upholding Children’s Rights?
In its Third Report of Session 2016–17, scrutinising the Children and Social Work Bill, the Joint Committee on Human Rights recommends the introduction in England of a duty on public...
Having Regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Third Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights for the Session 2016-7 has recommended the inclusion of a clause in the Children and Social Work Bill which would...
Law of Peace(making) and the Promise of a New Beginning for Children
The act of peacemaking may be viewed as the promise of a new beginning. It is latent within the sui generis legal form of the self-constituting process, and the often...
Children’s Visibility in Colombia’s Peace Plebiscite Campaign: In Everyone’s Interest but Children’s
Colombia is at a critical transitional moment. Today, Colombians will be called to vote on whether they support the final peace agreement signed on September 26th between the Colombian Government...
Promoting the Best Interests of the Child: Kenyan High Court Breathes Life into the Right to a Name and an Identity
In May 2016, the Kenyan Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court in L.N.W v Attorney General & others declared an archaic section of the Country’s Births and...
The Intersection of Age, Gender and Disability in the Prosecution of Sexual Violence in India
This post examines a petition made to the Indian Supreme Court by a rape victim’s mother. The petitioner avers that her daughter’s case should be tried in a court set...
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