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The following list represents a broad spectrum of child rights issues worldwide. However, the list is not exhaustive and is always in the process of being expanded.

 

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N

O- P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

 

A

Abandonment

• Forms of Violence: **Abandonment**

Abduction

• Laws on abduction
• Forms of Violence: **Abduction**

Adoption

• CRC Article 21
• Laws on adoption
• Convention On Protection Of Children And Co-operation In Respect Of Intercountry Adoption
• Adoption and Children: A Human Rights Perspective
  
  

Armed Conflict

• CRC Article 38
• Laws on armed conflict
• Fact sheet and resources
• The Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
• Forms of Violence: **Dangerous, harmful or hazardous work**
• Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
• Child rights and the Security Council
  
  

Association (freedom of)

• Children's right to freedom of association

B

Birth Registration

• CRC Article 7
• Laws on birth registration

Bullying

• Forms of Violence: **Bullying**

C

Child Labour

• CRC Article 32
• Laws on child labour
• Child domestic workers - the dawn of a new Convention? (part 1)
• Child domestic workers - the dawn of a new Convention? (part 2)
• Factsheet and resources
• Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
• Forms of Violence: **Violence at work**

Child Marriage

• CRINMAIL 899 - Special edition on child marriage

 

Children in Conflict with the Law

• CRC Articles 37, 39 and 40
• Laws relating to Articles 37, 39 and 40
• Factsheet and resources
• General Comment no. 10: Children's rights in juvenile justice
• Forms of Violence: **Judicial use of physical punishment**
  
  

Children of Prisoners

• Read a report on the issue from a Human Rights Council side-event
  
  

Children without Parental Care

• CRC Article 9 and Article 20
• Laws on Article 9 and Article 20
• CRC Day of General Discussion on Children without Parental Care
• Better Care Network

Child Rights

• About child rights
• Convention on the Rights of the Child

Child Soldiers

 See 'Armed Conflict'


Committee on the Rights of the Child

• CRIN information page
  
  

Corporal (Physical) Punishment 

• General Comment no.8: The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment
• Forms of Violence: **Physical punishment**
• Forms of Violence: **Judicial use of physical punishment**
• Forms of Violence: **Physical abuse**

D

Death Penalty

• International Call to End all Executions of Juvenile Offenders
• CRC Article 37
• Forms of Violence: **Death penalty**

Deprivation

• Forms of Violence: **Deprivation**
  
  

Disability

• CRC Article 23
• Laws on disability
• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

• Factsheet and resources
• General Comment no.9: The rights of children with disabilities

Discrimination 

• CRC Article 2
• Children and non-discrimination website
  
  

Drug use

• CRC Article 33
• Children and drug use
• Children's rights and the other kind of drug use
• Children's Rights and the Pharmaceutical Industry

E

Early Childhood

• CRC Day of General Discussion on Early Childhood
• Factsheet and resources
  
  

Economics & Poverty

• CRC Articles 4, 6 and 27
• Factsheet and resources

Education

• CRC Articles 28-29
• Factsheet and resources
• General Comment no.1: The aims of education
• Editorial: Civil and political rights in schools

Emergencies

• Resources on child rights and emergencies
• CRIN Newsletter 20: Child Rights and Emergencies
• CRC Day of General Discussion on Education in Emergencies

Environment and Habitat

• Editorial: Children's right to a clean environment
• Resources on environment and habitat
  
  

Expression (Freedom of)

See 'Freedom of Opinion and Expression' 

 

F

Family Reunification

• CRC Article 10

Female Genital Mutilation

See 'Harmful traditional practices'

Food

• Special CRINMAIL on rising food prices, and the Right to Food

Foster Care

• CRC Article 20

Freedom of Opinion and Expression

• Children's Rights and Freedom of Expression

• CRC Articles 12-13

Freedom of Religion and Belief

• CRC Article 14 
• Children's rights and religious symbols in Europe
• Children's rights and religious symbols in Europe - follow up

 

G

Gay and lesbian children

See 'sexuality'. 

Gender and Girls (see also 'Discrimination')

• Resources on gender and girls

General Measures of Implementation

• Introduction
• The process of law reform
• The development of independent human rights institutions for children
• The development of comprehensive strategies or agendas for children
• The development of permanent governmental coordination mechanisms
• Systematic monitoring - data collection and evaluation
• The allocation of resources for children
• Education, training and awareness-raising on the CRC
• Collaboration in the process of implementation with civil society, including children
• General Comment no.5 on General measures of implementation for the Convention

 

H

Harmful traditional practices

• Forms of Violence: **Harmful traditional practices**
• Resources

Health

• CRC Article 24
• General Comment no.4: Adolescent health and development

HIV and AIDS

• Editorial: Children's Rights and HIV and AIDS
• Factsheet and resources
• General Comment no.3: HIV and AIDS and the rights of the child

I

Identity

• CRC Article 8
• Laws on preservation of identity
  
  

Implementation

• CRC Article 4
• CRC Day of General Discussion on Article 4
  
  

Indigenous Rights

• CRC Article 30
• Laws on indigenous rights
• CRC Day of General Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Children

Information (access to)

• CRC Article 17
• Laws on access to information
  
  

Institutional Care

International Criminal Court (ICC)

• CRIN information page on the ICC
• Special edition of CRINMAIL

J

Justice (child friendly)

• CRIN information page

 

K

 

L

 

M

Marriage

• Child marriage Q&A

Media

• CRC Article 17
• Laws on the media
• CRIN's media toolkit
• Factsheet and resources
  
  

Minority Rights

• CRC Article 30
• Laws on minority rights

N

Name and Nationality

• CRC Article 7
• Laws on name and nationality
   

O

Ombudspersons

• CRIN information page
• European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC)

P

Participation

• CRC Article 12
• Laws on participation
• CRC Day of General Discussion on Article 12
• More resources on children and participation
• Right Now page

Physical abuse

• Forms of Violence: **Physical abuse**
  

Play

• CRC Article 31
• Laws on the right to play
• Factsheet and resources

Pornography

• Forms of Violence: **Child pornography**

Private Sector

• Factsheet and resources
• CRC Day of General Discussion on child rights and the private sector

Psychological violence

• Forms of violence: **Psychological abuse** and **Psychological punishment**

 

Q

R

Refugees and Unaccompanied Children

• CRC Article 22
• Laws on refugees and unaccompanied children
• General Comment no.6: Treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside of their country of origin
• Refugee and Displaced Children: Rough Guide to International Law and Standards
  
  

Regional Mechanisms

• Introduction to regional human rights mechanisms - Africa, Americas and the Caribbean, Europe and Other regional groupings

Rehabilitative care

• CRC Article 39
• Laws on rehabilitative care
  
  

Religion

See 'Freedom of Religion'


Rights-Based Programming

• CRIN's microsite
   

Roma

• See CRINMAIL 1009 - Special Edition on Roma Rights

Rural settings 

• Child rights and rural settings

S

Sale of Children

• CRC Article 35
• Laws on the sale of children
• Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
• Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 
  
  

Schools 

See 'Education'. 

Separation

Sexual Exploitation

• CRC Article 34
• Laws on sexual exploitation
• Factsheet and resources
• Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
• Forms of Violence: **Sexual exploitation**, **Trafficking**, **Sex Tourism**, **Child Pornography** 
  

Sexuality

• Factsheet and resources 

• General Comment 3 HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child

Slavery

• Forms of Violence: **Slavery**
  

Social Security

• CRC Article 26
• Laws on social security

State neglect

• Forms of Violence: **State neglect**

State violence

• Forms of Violence: **State violence**

Status offences

• Global report on status offences

Stateless children

• Briefing on stateless children

Strategic litigation

• Child rights: A guide to strategic litigation
  
  

Street Children

• Resources on children living and working on the street
  
  

Survival and Development

• CRC Article 6
• Laws on survival and development
  
  

T

Torture and Degrading Treatment

• CRC Article 37
• Laws on torture and degrading treatment 
• Forms of Violence: **Torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment**
  
  

Trafficking

• CRC Article 35
• Editorial: trafficking and children's rights
• Laws on trafficking 
• Forms of Violence: **Trafficking**
  
  

Transgender children

See 'Sexuality'. 

U

UN Human Rights Council

• Child rights and the Human Rights Council
• Child rights and the Universal Periodic Review
• News page on child rights and the Human Rights Council
  
  

UN Special Session on Children

• Q&A
• Factsheet and resources

UN Special Procedures

• Q&A

Urban settings

• CRIN Review 22: Children's Right to the City

V

Violence against Children

• UN Study on Violence
• CRIN's Violence Against Children website 
• Forms of Violence against children
• CRC Day of General Discussion on Violence against Children in the Family and in Schools
• CRC Day of General Discussion on State Violence against Children
• More on children and violence

W

Working children (See child labour)

 

X

 

Y

 

Z