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Nov 20 2017 2:49PM
The Convention on the Rights of the Child: Improving children’s lives

The UN Convention on the Rights of a Child protects young people across the world from harm. Law professor Jonathon Todres explains more.

Nov 8 2017 5:41PM
Speaking up for human rights: what does solidarity mean?

by Patrick Cash for the 'Write for Rights' campaign. When I ask myself why I’ve got involved with a campaign at Amnesty International, I have two answers: firstly, that I’ve always admired from afar the organisation’s ethos and work...

Oct 31 2017 2:04PM
Introducing Write for Rights 2017

by Patrick Cash, an Amnesty International UK volunteer for the Write for Rights Campaign Write for Rights is essentially about using freedom of expression to stand up for the freedom of others. It began with simple greeting cards when...

Oct 31 2017 10:02AM
Transforming corridor conversations into human rights education

We’re barely three weeks into 2015 and the news is dominated by human rights atrocities. I can well imagine the conversations teachers are facing in the corridor, or in registration, from young people trying to decipher the debates...

Oct 26 2017 10:56AM
There’s more to sex than someone being male or female

By Lui Asquith – Vice Chair of the LGBTI Network “ Is it a boy or girl?! ” We have probably all asked this question at some point in our lives, for it is almost always the first thing someone asks a new parent. However, we ask you this...