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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Congo, Democratic Republic:  Sentencing of 4 of the 9 authors for the rape, amputation and murder of Malenga Ramazani and for the rape of her 13 years old

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

New detention, torture and fabrication of evidence in Oaxaca

January 18, 2007  |   Rights of the Child, Urgent campaigns  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Colombia, Mexico

Committee on the Rights of the Child: 44th session from January 15 to February 2, 2007

January 15, 2007  |  Events

Convention on the Rights of the Child

January 7, 2007  |  Statements

Congo, Democratic Republic:  Follow-up of case COD 061006/ COD 061006.EE - Release of the remaining 182 adultes and impunity

December 21, 2006  |   Rights of the Child, Urgent campaigns  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Congo, Democratic Republic

OMCT’s contribution to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment on Juvenile Justice, December 2006

December 19, 2006  |  Statements

Congo, Democratic Republic:  several perpetrators of a rape of a minor girl arrested, others remain free

December 19, 2006  |   Rights of the Child, Violence against women  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Congo, Democratic Republic

Congo, Democratic Republic:  rapes of two girls, only some perpetrators have been arrested

December 19, 2006  |   Rights of the Child, Violence against women  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Congo, Democratic Republic

Nepal:  Alleged rape of a girl minor and risk of impunity

December 7, 2006  |   Rights of the Child, Violence against women  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Nepal

Tajikistan:  Human rights violations in Tajikstan - alternative report to the CAT

December 5, 2006  |   Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Rights of the Child, Violence against women  |  Reports and Publications  |  Tajikistan

Joint statement to the Human Rights Council-3rd session: Progress report of the Working Group on the UPR

December 4, 2006  |  Events

Colombia:  Arbitrary executions, including of children in the Tolima region

December 4, 2006  |   Rights of the Child, Urgent campaigns  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Colombia

Burundi:  NGOs denounce torture in Burundi before the UN and call for change

November 30, 2006  |   Rights of the Child, Violence against women  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Burundi

Universal Children's Day: Stop violence against children

November 20, 2006  |   Rights of the Child, Urgent campaigns  |  Urgent Interventions

Congo, Democratic Republic:  Rape of a minor girl and her mother, who was subsenquently killed and mutilated

November 1, 2006  |   Rights of the Child, Violence against women  |  Urgent Interventions  |  Congo, Democratic Republic