In a new position paper, CRIN and partners outline the rights-based approach that States must take in their treatment of children who travelled to Iraq or Syria, either alone or with their families, to join the so-called Islamic State. The organisations make a series of recommendations on criminalisation, detention, rehabilitation, nationality, family separation and access to health and education.
Read MoreIn our new publication ‘POWER’, we asked -18s around the world what Power meant to them.
Read MoreLanguage isn’t just about words, even if dictionaries state otherwise. Most of us communicate through words, yes, be they written, spoken or signed, but most communication comprises facial expressions, physical cues and ‘speaking’ with our eyes, aka body language.
Read MoreAn action or event can cause ripples in a society which, in turn, expand further, reaching more and more people. But while ripples eventually fade, what’s left is like a body of water nudging the banks and filtering through the depths to new soils.
Read MoreA poem by Basma Osman.
Read MoreCreatures that had been dead for hundreds of millions of years would suddenly come alive again. Tiny plants and animals that floated in the ocean, more multitudinous than anyone could comprehend, which over time had died, sank to the ocean bed, were buried, crushed, melted, compressed and simplified as the aeons passed.
Read MoreMy name is James Douglas, I’m 16 and from Northern Ireland. I have albinism and the group I am linked with is Angel Eyes NI which helps young people and families affected by visual impairments.
Read More