This report highlights the situation of children in South Asia who continue to be the victims of human rights abuses. The introduction summarizes the international framework of children’s rights. Sections explore abuses of children in the custody of the state, in the community and family life and...

On 28 March Muderwa, a member of the presidential guard, was sentenced to death by a military tribunal after a grossly unfair trial and is now under threat of imminent execution. The military court’s statute prohibits appeal to a higher jurisdiction and defendants have no opportunity to challenge...

With this paper AI wants to draw attention to abuses in the context of child recruitment both by government and/or armed opposition groups. AI is committed to a higher standard of protection in internationl law for children at risk of participating in hostilities and recruitment into armed forces.