Brand “spanking” new law – South African Constitutional Court Outlaws Corporal Punishment of Children
On the 18th of September 2019, Chief Justice Mogoeng handed down a unanimous judgment declaring the common law ...
Children's Rights
Marriage of the Girl Child in Iran
In February 2019, the news of an 11-year-old girl being married to a man who was almost 50 years old, caused severe
The 2019 Guiding Principles on the Right to Education: The Drafters’ Perspective
The Oxford Human Rights Hub in partnership with the Masters in International Human Rights Law at the Department ...
UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children raises serious concerns regarding Ireland’s history of illegal adoption practices
Ireland has an extensive history of systemic human rights abuses of women and children, encompassing multiple ...
Chile’s debt to children: State engagement in children´s rights protection
878 deaths of children under the care of the Chilean National Children’s Service are currently under criminal ...
Liberalising Access to Abortion and Sex Education to Decrease Teenage Pregnancy in Kazakhstan
Teenage pregnancy rates in Kazakhstan are high, with 3443 births in 2017, much higher than during the Soviet ...
Canadian Children have a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy at School
In R. v. Jarvis, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that children can reasonably expect that they will not be ...
A Question of Values: Religious Schools, Discrimination, and LGBT+ Rights in Australia
Striking the appropriate balance between religious freedom and LGBT+ rights continues to be controversial across ...
Justice Kennedy’s Justice for Juveniles: Roper’s Reach
In the field of juvenile justice, Justice Kennedy is most recognized for his Eighth Amendment sentencing ...
A Victory for Equality: The End of the ‘Baptism Barrier’ in School Admissions in Ireland
The Admissions to Schools Act 2018, due to come into effect from the beginning of next year, will end the right of ...
Australia to Transfer Asylum Seeker and Refugee Children from Nauru to Australia
The Australian government has confirmed plans to transfer all asylum seeker and refugee children from Nauru to ...
Lessons for the Future: the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Childhood Abuse
Australia’s inquiry into childhood institutional abuse has lessons for other jurisdictions, especially the UK. ...
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