We follow and shape the debates about the need to increase young people’s access to their rights, highlight the current challenges for young people in accessing their rights, review the existing frameworks for ensuring the rights of young people, and critically engage with the rationale for an additional Convention on the Rights of Young People.
On 1 November 2013, we launched our youth policy profiles, releasing “200 Fact Sheets in 200 Days”. Today we have over 70 online. By May 2014 every UN country will
In this article we examine how state governance has affected the respect of human rights and democracy in Africa. Illustrated by the case study of the University of Buea in
Did you know that the majority age in Bahrain is 21 years, or that In Comoros homosexual acts are illegal? Did you know that the minimum age of criminal responsibility
Intergenerational equity (Inteq) was one of the few good news stories coming out of YOUNGO, and out of the recent UNFCCC COP19 negotiations more widely. Youth Policy Labs' Chef Campaigner
It’s 8:30am in Nkumbi and Patricia and I are on our way to the clinic. We pass the market and the school and exchange greetings with friendly faces who comment
“I realized in Warsaw, however, that the official delegations are not the enemy, and these “actions” often run counter-productive to official activities.” Civil society walked out of the COP19 climate
NORTHAM, Australia -- Sometimes on a Friday night, when there’s nothing better to do and the streets are quiet, indigenous kids in this town 100km (some 60 miles) north-east of
Did you know that 43 countries have no youth policy to speak of? Or that Kyrgyzstan has no national youth council, but does have a youth policy law? What about
Many of us are concerned about the lack of a longer term perspective amongst our global institutions and all their processes at work. To overcome this short termism, many have
The launch of a coordinated action plan on youth by UN agencies marks a potentially transformative approach to the way in which the United Nations works with and for young
