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July 10, 2024 Dispatches

UN Rights Council Takes Big Step for Treaty on Free Education

Countries, Experts, Children Should Engage on Expanding Education for All

A pupil at a free government pre-primary school, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, November 2022.
July 10, 2024 Commentary

Mining for the Energy Transition Needs to Respect Human Rights

The extraction of key minerals used in renewables is accompanied by abuses. The UN must take action to address them.

 Artisanal miners carry sacks of ore at a mine near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 12, 2022.
July 4, 2024 Dispatches

African Union Conference Addresses Pregnant and Parenting Students

Need to Adopt Human Rights-Focused Framework

A secondary school student who is pregnant holds a doll inside her home in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya on September 30, 2020. (
July 3, 2024 Dispatches

Brazil Prevents Meta from Using People to Power Its AI

First Data Privacy Safeguard of Its Kind in the Country Protects Children

Two young girls are playing with their cameras in a garden, Osterode, Germany, January 8, 2016.
July 2, 2024 News Release

Australia: Children’s Personal Photos Misused to Power AI Tools

Data Privacy Safeguards Needed to Protect Against Exploitation

Two young children look at fish as an adult takes their photo at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, Sydney, Australia, October 14, 2021.
July 1, 2024 Commentary

As Governments Demonize LGBTQ+ Rights, Children Lose the Most

Students hold stickers about to be placed on a new all-gender bathroom as members of the cheer squad applaud at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, WA on May 17, 2016.
June 27, 2024 Dispatches

Conflict in Northern Mozambique Puts Education at Risk

New Report Shows Fewer Attacks, but Increasing Military Use of Schools

The Pulo Primary School after an insurgent attack on the village of Pulo, in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, March 6, 2024.
June 25, 2024 News Release

Beyond Life Without Parole in the US: 2nd Chances Make Communities Stronger

New Website Shines a Light on Contributions of People Released

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June 21, 2024 Commentary

Africa: Pre-Primary Education for Children Benefits Everyone

Children attending a pre-primary class at Kitante Primary School in Kampala, Uganda.
June 21, 2024 Dispatches

Increased Attacks on Education During War

New Report Highlights Need to Protect Schools

The destroyed playground of a kindergarten
June 20, 2024 News Release

Attacks on Education in War Surge Globally

Palestine, Other Major Conflicts Drive Much of the Increase

A 14-year-old girl looks at her old school, which was damaged by conflict, in Dara’a Albalad, Syria, on February 7, 2022. © UNICEF/UN0635253/Shahan
June 15, 2024 News Release

Africa: Accelerate Free Education for All

Focus on Free Quality Education; Expedite Positive Measures for Girls

Girls in front of a school building
June 13, 2024 Dispatches

Israel Joins UN ‘List of Shame’ for Abuses Against Children in War

UN Chief Also Lists Palestinian Armed Groups, Russia, Sudanese Forces

eople salvage belongings amid the rubble of a damaged building following strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, November 12, 2023.
June 12, 2024 News Release

Uganda: Lack of Free Pre-Primary Education Creates Lifelong Harm

Ensure Universal Access to Early Learning

4 girls in a school classroom
June 11, 2024 Commentary

120 Countries Have Signed the Safe Schools Declaration. Sadly, the US Isn’t One of Them.

From Gaza to Ukraine to Afghanistan, militaries need to leave schools alone. A global agreement could make that a reality.

The destroyed playground of a kindergarten

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