Children’s rights are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection from violence, exploitation, neglect, and abuse. The characteristics of children̵...
Characteristics of Children’s Rights
Monthly Archives: January 2023
Defining Childhood
Childhood: the various stages of a person’s life, from birth until they reach the age of eighteen. The Child in Yemeni Law: A child is defined in the Yemeni Child Rights Law No. 45 of 2002 as every ...
Education To Protect Yemen
The education sector’s collapse in light of the war has deprived millions of Yemeni children of their right to learn. Such deprivation will lead to the perpetuation of violent extremist, terrori...
Accountability and Punishment
Mechanisms for accountability and punishment must be strengthened so that all child victims and their families can obtain justice, compensation, and reparations. All victims’ relatives and paren...
Preserving Dignities
Crimes of violence and sexual exploitation against children have increased in an unprecedented way in light of the war, and we–as a Yemeni society–are primarily responsible for confronting these c...
Redress
All child victims of serious crimes in Yemen must have access to legal protection, justice, reparation, psychological support, rehabilitation, and reintegration....
Among the reasons for the impunity of criminals:
Most criminals against children escape punishment for many reasons, the most important of which are the following: 1. Failure to report the crime for fear of scandal. 2. Family’s failure to save the...
Warning for mothers:
Most cases of sexual assault against children are perpetrated by males in the child’s vicinity, such as relatives, neighbors, or employers....
Attention:
Silence and failure to report rape, pedophilia, and other serious crimes can enable criminals to escape punishment....
Seyaj warns
Seyaj warns against publishing pictures and names of child victims of sexual violence in the media and social networking sites, as such acts constitute permanent defamation and cause serious harm to t...