Japan: open letter to the Minister of Justice of Japan
In this document Amnesty International expresses its deep concern regarding the prolonged detention of minors seeking asylum in Japan.
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Children’s rights: the future starts here
This document is an overview of the 1959 UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child, and of Amnesty’s work for children, including refugee children.
A stolen future: protecting the rights of refugee children
The failure to protect and assist young refugees adequately is denying them access to a future which might deliver more than their short and traumatic past. Helping them to build a future is not easy but it is possible. Measures which need to be taken to rebuild security and hope have already been identified; they … Continue reading A stolen future: protecting the rights of refugee children