Rights of the child

OMCT’s Child Rights activities aim to protect children from torture and other forms of violence and to promote and defend their rights through prevention, denunciation, reparation and advocacy. By taking into account the specific nature of the violence committed against children and its particular consequences for them, OMCT seeks to protect children who are victims of or threatened with torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. [Read more…]

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Colombia:  dispearance of several children following the excessive use of force by the police

May 31, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Colombia

Portugal:  Portugal has been condemned for tolerating violence against children

May 24, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Portugal

Ecuador:  Ill-treatments and torture against children by the police in Quito

May 14, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Ecuador

Colombia:  Abuses against the rural community of Buga by the army

May 11, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Colombia

Joint written statement submitted to the Human Rights Council, 4th session: Placing the Rights of the Child on the political agenda of the Human Rights Council

March 15, 2007  |  Statements

Madagascar:  Human Rights in Madagascar - A shadow report to the UN Human Rights Committee

March 12, 2007  |   Rights of the Child, Violence against women  |  Reports and Publications  |  Madagascar

Myanmar (ex-Burma):  Jailing of four minor girls gang-raped by members of the military

March 9, 2007  |   Rights of the Child, Violence against women  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Myanmar (ex-Burma)

Chile:  OMCT and OPCION urge Chile to fully implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child

February 12, 2007  |   Rights of the Child, Urgent campaigns  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Chile

Kenya:  Kenya must take Further Action to Bring itself into Compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child

February 12, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Kenya

Colombia:  Death of an indigenous and two children wounded by the army in el Valle

January 30, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Colombia

Chile:  Rights of the Child in Chile

January 30, 2007  |  Reports and Publications  |  Chile

Chile:  Rights of the Child in Chile - summary

January 30, 2007  |  Reports and Publications  |  Chile

Ecuador:  Death of a minor in detention

January 24, 2007  |   Rights of the Child, Urgent campaigns  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Ecuador

Nepal:  Forced recruitment of children in Maoist army

January 24, 2007  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Nepal

OMCT UN Treaty Bodies Newsletter

January 22, 2007  |   Rights of the Child, Violence against women  |  Urgent Interventions