For the first time, Humanium is presenting a series of chronicles that aim to take us to the heart of Palestine using four themes, each one shining a different light on this stunning and complex region. This is the last one in the series. Whether it is the...
We are all migrants: The road towards free human movement
The International Day of Migrants offers a key moment to spotlight migrating people around the world; as well as the inequalities upon which human movement is posited. Humanium considers that the plight of people who are forced migrants and refugees should be at the...
The Long Overdue Eradication of Violence Against Women and Girls
Violence against girls and women is a devastating detriment to our planet and on the human population. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – on 25th November 2019 – commemorates the impacts of this violence, and provides a chance to...
The 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
History of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (hereinafter UNCRC) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the 20 November 1989 and is widely acclaimed as a landmark achievement for human rights,...
International Day for the Eradication of Extreme Poverty
It is unfortunate that at the dawn of the 21st century, around 2.8 billion people (ATD Fourth World, n.d.) live in poverty, on less than two dollars a day. It is clear that despite the progress humanity has made in medicine, science and technology, a considerable...
Children in Sudan: Inequality, poverty, and disease
Children of Sudan are facing harsh poverty. More than half of them do not attend school, 90% of females are obliged to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), 12.4% of girls are forced to marry before the age 15, and many of them are employed as child soldiers. The...
Child Immigration Detention: Part 1
The immeasurable detriment of child immigration detention continues to mount in prevalence. This article explores where and how the detention of children is taking place, in flagrant violation of international law and standards and in heartbreaking degradation to the...
Palestine Chronicle No. 1: Growing up in the middle of conflict
For the first time, Humanium is presenting a series of chronicles. Their aim is to take us to the heart of Palestine using four themes, four views, each one shining a different light on a region that is as beautiful as it is disturbing. “What on earth were you going...
Searching for answers: The immense human rights work still to be done in face of enforced disappearance
People look for their families for their whole lives. They themselves go missing in the search. This horrific violation happens alongside abuses of torture, coerced confessions, sexual assault and murder; and exacts untold torment upon its victims and survivors. What...
Justice for Murtaja Qureiris
Murtaja Qureiris, now 18, faces the death penalty for participating in a series of peaceful protests which trace back to when he was 10 years old. He was arrested in September 2014 at the age of 13 for his involvement in the bicycle protests in Saudi Arabia’s eastern...









