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Moinipour, Shabnam – Human Rights Education Review, 2021
The Islamic Republic of Iran is obliged to respect the right to education under international human rights law and has made legal commitments to conform to the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Drawing on the framework developed by former Special…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Rights, Children, Treaties
UNICEF, 2017
Seventy years after UNICEF was established, the organization's mission to promote the full attainment of the rights of all children is as urgent as ever. The UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018-2021 is anchored in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and charts a course towards attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals and the realization of a…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Strategic Planning, Children, Childrens Rights
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Osler, Audrey; Yahya, Chalank – Education Inquiry, 2013
This paper examines tensions in implementing human rights education (HRE) in schools in Kurdistan-Iraq, both for teachers and for policy-makers, juggling nation-building and its application through schooling and child rights. We draw on documentary sources and fieldwork in two governorates, including classroom observations and interviews with…
Descriptors: Barriers, Civil Rights, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1998
This report summarizes the latest available statistics on international achievements in registering each child at birth; immunizing all children; assisting adolescents, particularly girls; and addressing homelessness in wealthy nations. Each of the report's sections contains a commentary, related statistics, and a discussion on progress and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
Adamson, Peter, Ed. – Progress of Nations, 1994
This report brings together the latest available statistics to record national achievements in child survival, health, nutrition, education, family planning, and progress for women. Each section contains a commentary and a presentation of related statistics. The commentaries of the report are: (1) Introduction, "One Small Step for a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Progress of Nations, 1995
This report brings together the latest available statistics on national achievements in child survival, health, nutrition, education, family planning, and progress for women. Each section contains a commentary, a presentation of related statistics, and a discussion on achievement and disparity. The sections are: (1) Introduction, "Social…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Adamson, Peter, Ed. – 1996
This report brings together the latest available statistics to record national achievements in child survival, health, nutrition, education, family planning, and progress for women. Each section contains a commentary and a presentation of related statistics. Following an introduction by UNICEF executive director Carol Bellamy, the commentaries…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1997
This report summarizes the latest available statistics on international achievements in child survival, health, nutrition, education, water and sanitation, and the plight of women. Each section contains a commentary, related statistics, and a discussion on progress and disparity in the section's particular area. Following a foreword by United…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Bernard, Desiree – 1996
A major factor hindering women's human rights has been cultural attitudes based on stereotypical beliefs on the role of women in society, which have resulted in women being denied access to education, health care, property, employment, or involvement in decision-making. This report examines and compares some of the issues affecting the well-being…
Descriptors: Children, Civil Liberties, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education