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The present publication contains the eight General Comments issued by the Committee by September 2006, and the CD-ROM accompanying the text includes all the Concluding Observations adopted by the...

A great change is coming over childhood in the world's richest countries. Today's rising generation is the first in which a majority are spending a large part of early childhood in some form of out-of...

Un grande cambiamento sta arrivando nell'infanzia nei paesi più ricchi del mondo. La nuova generazione di oggi è la prima in cui la maggioranza trascorre gran parte della prima infanzia in una qualche...

The evidence presented in this review confirms the centrality of children and their unique vulnerabilities to global, national and subnational policies and frameworks on climate change and human...

The present study addresses programme practices that aim to combat child trafficking in South Asia. It presents three case studies of child rights-based initiatives, with a strong focus on prevention...

The study reviews the legislation concerning the rights of children since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), as well as questions such as reservations and the status of...

This publication documents a rare attempt to assess all the steps involved in legal reform for realization of child rights and make a detailed estimate of the costs at each step. The case study...

Despite recent economic growth, many children in the CEE/CIS and the Baltic States region are vulnerable. The 2007 Features takes a closer look at child survival, and whether the countries will reach...

This book reviews the community and public policy interventions introduced so far to moderate the impact of the disease on children and families, and discusses the advantages and limitations of such...

The Handbook aims to promote understanding and effective implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child...

Within and across borders in Europe, children are trafficked into a variety of exploitative situations, violating their human rights and threatening their survival and development. This report...

This case study forms a component of Innocenti Research Centre's (IRC) research on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This wider project has examined law reform and the...

There is a lack of systematic and validated evidence on the situation of children who have migrated with their parents. This gap is particularly striking for industrialized countries where data on...

Addressing the human cost and practical challenges imposed by child trafficking in South Asia, governments in the region, along with partners, have in recent years undertaken a range of initiatives...

This second Innocenti Report Card focuses on child death by injury in the member countries of the OECD. It presents, for the first time, a standardized league table ranking 26 of the world's richest...

The data and observations in this Innocenti Report Card reveal a strong and multifaceted correlation between the impact of the Great Recession on national economies and a decline in children’s well...