Whether a pastime or played at a professional level, sport is facing a very real crisis : sexual abuse, and children, seen as easy targets, are among the first victims. Whatever someone’s age may be, doing one or several sports is supposed to foster personal...
Youth Homelessness in the United States
Despite being one of the wealthiest nations in the world, the United States still struggles with high levels of poverty, especially among children and youth. In extreme cases, poverty, as well as an assortment of other factors, can lead to homelessness. While...
Vulnerable Children in Australia
A wealthy, powerful country that is active on a global scale, Australia generally protects the rights of its children. In the largely homogeneous country, the majority of Australian children are offered the resources they need to succeed in education and to live...
Are Current Efforts to Educate Immigrants in Germany Living up to the Task?
As our world becomes increasingly globalized and it becomes easier to navigate borders, many nations are struggling to incorporate foreigners into their population – while others appear to be able to do this effortlessly. In 2015, 1.1 million asylum seekers arrived in...
Children’s Rights in Ireland – A Mandatory Religious Education
A traditionally Catholic nation, Ireland has recently faced a dilemma over how it provides public education to its school children. About 97% of public schools in Ireland are funded by the government but run by religious groups – predominantly the Catholic Church....
The Death Penalty for Juveniles: When Iran Executes Children
It is believed that as a country that has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Iran adheres to all of its fundamental principles, including the absolute ban on the application of the death penalty for people under the age of 18 when their crime is...
Child Labor in the United States
While many may think of children’s rights violations occurring in the poor, war-torn countries of the world, children in the United States suffer from certain encroachments on their rights as well. The United States is the only nation in the world that has not...
The Voices of Humanium’s Children
Children were asked 8 questions about their future, their dreams, the world and their rights. Here are their answers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_5tkOE_Qd4
2015: A Key Year
Since Humanium was founded in Geneva on November 20, 2008—Universal Children’s Day—and subsequently developed in France and Germany, our network of three linked organizations has evolved tremendously and exponentially increased its impact on the lives of children...
The Maras: Trap for Central American Youth
Since the 1990s, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – commonly called the Northern Triangle due to their crime levels – have been plagued by the violence of the maras, criminal gangs characterized by extreme violence. In addition to spreading terror in various...