(June 26, 2019) On May 29, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill that allows courts to use discretion in approving adoption orders concerning children who already live with their prospective adoptive parents if one of the parents is suffering from certain diseases. (Federal Law No. 115 of May 29, 2019, on […]
Topic: Adoption and foster care, Constitutional courts, Constitutional law, Discrimination, Human rights and civil liberties, Treaties and international agreements/human rights, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
Jurisdiction: Russian Federation
Author: Peter Roudik
(Feb. 5, 2015) On January 20, 2015, the Chairman of the Central Election Committee, Supreme Court Judge Salim Joubran, issued an injunction prohibiting the dissemination of an election advertisement that included images of children. (Knesset Elections Case, No. 5/20, The Movement for Quality of Government in Israel v. Binyamin Netanyahu and the Likud Party, Central […]
Topic: Children's rights, Elections and politics, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
Jurisdiction: Israel
Author: Ruth Levush
(Nov. 13, 2014) On November 4, 2014, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child released a joint recommendation/comment on the obligation of states “to prevent, respond to and eliminate harmful practices, wherever and in whichever form they occur,” that affect “women and […]
Topic: Children's rights, Human rights and civil liberties, United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 1979, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989, Women's rights
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Author: Wendy Zeldin
