Human rights

Children, in the same way than adults and old people, have some rights that laws and public bodies need to guarantee.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was approved in 1989 and confirmed by 195 countries, recognises and safeguards children’s rights all over the world. 

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Spanish security corps hitting peaceful demonstrators. Photo: Twitter

Human rights and peace organisations condemn the violence and repression committed by the Spanish security corps during the referendum.

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Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, independent expert from the UN. Photo: Wikipedia

Alfred de Zayas has called on Spanish authorities to negotiate with Catalan leaders. He has criticised in his own words the retrogression in human rights protection after the measures taken. 

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Rohingya people in Bangladesh. Photo: European Comission DG, Flickr

The NGO supports Caritas Bangladesh's emergency plan with an injection that will help 70,000 displaced people.

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Spanish national police. Photo: Youtube

The international NGO held an independent investigation to document specific incidents after the poll, where 900 people were injured.

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Farmer. Photo: Pixabay

The document points out more than 200 cases of human rights violations since 1989. It also criticises the role of large conservation NGOs on-site.

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Rohingnya protesters. Photo: Andrew Mercer, Flickr

Myanmar authorities’ restrictions in Rakhine state are putting tens of thousands of lives at risk in the Rohingya region. 

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Nuclear weapon explosion. Photo: Wikimedia

SIPRI yearbook points out nine countries as the major nuclear weapon bearers.

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Displaced looking for hope. Photo: CEAR

The fifteenth annual report "Refugees in Spain and Europe" calls for a Government Pact for the right to asylum.

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Xavier Costa on the right side. Photo: Vols

The NGO Vols is a volunteering association for cooperation and solidarity with children and youth in developing countries. Their working scope is mainly education.

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Image of the world. Image: Youtube

This organisation proposes a social change where poverty, debt, hunger, wan and environmental degradation are completely unacceptable.

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Worker suffering slavery conditions. Photo: 50 for Freedom

The International Labour Organisation launches an initiative to raise awareness.

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