UN Experts Release Report on Children’s Rights in Brazil

UN experts release report on children’s rights in Brazil

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Monday released its review of the fifth to seventh periodic reports on Brazil’s state programs under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its first report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. The committee, while commending the state’s programs aimed at improving the situation of child care, posed several critical …

UN Releases Space Debris Primer

Decades ago, the UN was already thinking about the risks and liability concerns raised by debris falling out of orbit. Now, as falling space debris becomes a more common occurrence, the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs is reminding nations that it has a process for dealing with it. Quick reads: This month, the UN released a four-page booklet, titled “When the Sky Falls,” that succinctly lays out what countries should do if debris falls in the…