9 December 2019 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CRIN – Child Rights Information Network (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), MRG – Minority Rights Group International (Author), Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran et al. (Author)
Iran
Joint NGO letter to Permanent Missions to the UN in New York on the necessity to support resolution A/C.3/74/L.27 on the human rights situation in Iran (violent crackdown by security forces on protesters; at least 7,000 arrests; near total shutdown of internet access; other topics)
Iran: Joint CSO letter urging support of resolution A/C.3/74/L.27 [MDE 13/1548/2019] (Appeal or News Release, English)
April 2019 | CRIN – Child Rights Information Network
Russian Federation
Article on the law against "gay propaganda" (development of the law since 2006; prosecution of people protesting against the law; treatment of cases challenging the law by Russian courts; proceedings at the European Court of Human Rights)
‘Gay propaganda’ law remains in place, but complaints against it continue (Special or Analytical Report, English)
9 November 2017 | Rehabilitation Initiative for Vulnerable Groups; Office of Public Defender of Georgia (Author), published by CRIN – Child Rights Information Network
Georgia
Report on rights of juvenile offenders in criminal proceedings
Rights of Juvenile Defendants in Criminal Proceedings (Special or Analytical Report, English)
13 September 2017 | CRIN – Child Rights Information Network
Czech Republic
Report on measures taken by government to end segregation of Roma children in education (case from Ostrava at the European Court of Human Rights)
Czech Republic: First steps taken on ending anti-Roma discrimination in schools (Special or Analytical Report, English)
9 December 2016 | CRIN – Child Rights Information Network
Philippines
Letter to minister of justice of the Philippines on draft law envisaging a lowering of the minimum age for criminal responsibility from 15 years to 9 years, and on a planned re-introduction of the death penalty
Phillipines: Open letter to the Minister of Justice on the death penalty (Appeal or News Release, English)
20 April 2016 | CRIN – Child Rights Information Network
Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Honduras, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Rwanda, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Republic, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, Vietnam
Report on children and status offences (street children; curfews; purchase and possession of alcohol; anti-gang laws; consensual sexual activity; access to justice)
Discrimination and disenfranchisement: A global report on status offences (Special or Analytical Report, English)
15 April 2016 | CRIN – Child Rights Information Network
Iran, Maldives, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Report on death penalty against juvenile offenders (case examples of juvenile offenders sentenced to death between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016)
Death Penalty: Submission for the Secretary-General's report on the death penalty 2016 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
11 March 2016 | CRIN – Child Rights Information Network
Zimbabwe
Report on prosecution of minors (death penalty; life imprisonment; corporal punishment; legislation and necessary reforms)
Inhuman sentencing of children in Zimbabwe (Special or Analytical Report, English)
2 March 2016 | CRIN – Child Rights Information Network
Bangladesh
Report on murder case against 14-year old Shukur Ali (information on the crime perpetrated in 1999; death sentence imposed in 2001 and confirmed by High Court in 2005; death sentence commuted into life imprisonment in August 2015)
Bangladesh: Mandatory death penalty declared void after 14‐year legal battle (Special or Analytical Report, English)
25 January 2016 | CRIN – Child Rights Information Network
Colombia
Report on legal amendments granting primary education free of charge
Colombia: Free education secured for 12 million children (Special or Analytical Report, English)
