NGO Panel for the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty
Five years ago, the General Assembly, following a recommendation by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in accordance with article 45 (c) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, invited the Secretary-General to commission an in-depth Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty. We welcome this Study by the Independent Expert, containing research findings and recommendations for future actions.
By Defence for Children – Palestine DCI Middle East and North Africa Regional Office (DCI-MENA) held a workshop on December 28th to discuss the recommendations
By Defence for Children – The Netherlands On December 18th, before an audience of 85 representatives of children’s rights organizations, academics, local and national governments,
On 16 July 2020, Defence for Children International (DCI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) hosted a webinar on COVID19’s impact on children deprived of liberty,
Brussels, 14 July 2020 An online expert roundtable was held to present the United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty to the European
The calls to stop depriving children of their liberty have come during the launch of the full UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty
“Our societies seem to have forgotten one very simple truth: Children should not be detained, because deprivation of liberty means deprivation of rights, agency,