Children

November 19, the world celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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On the 20 November 2009 the international community will observe the 20th Anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). 

 

 

 

World day for the prevention of child abuse: the United Nations Secretary presents the World Report on Violence Against Children

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The United Nations Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children has been a global effort to paint a detailed picture of the nature, extent and causes of violence against children...

Voices of the Streets

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The United Nations estimate the population of street children worldwide at 150 million, but the number grows every day. Some of them live in abandoned buildings; others in cars with their families; some are forced to beg or steal, and beaten...

16 October 2009: World Food Day

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At a time when the global economic crisis dominates the news, the world needs to be reminded that not everyone works in offices and factories. The crisis is stalking the small-scale farms and rural areas of the world, where 70 percent of the world's hungry live and work.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015.

HIV and AIDS and AwarenessRaising in Kisumu

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Sr. Mary Gorrety, FSA, and Sr. Angeline Odie, FSA, from Kisumu, Kenya, are working on the Right to Health.

Their now, is our tomorrow

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Children are our future; they are the seeds of our tomorrow. Childhood is the time of life when rights should surpass duties.

Rights of children with disabilities in the educational system of Cambodia

Human Rights Council

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Cambodia
6th Session


Joint stakeholders’ submission:

Franciscans International (FI)
Marist Foundation for International Solidarity (FMSI)

Geneva, April 2009
I. Introduction

Rights of children with disabilities in the educational system of Cambodia

Franciscans International (FI) and Marist Foundation for International Solidarity (FMSI) Submission for the Initial Review of the Kingdom of Cambodi

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