Rendering different religious choruses, the children waved placards with inscriptions: "We are not witches," "Give us our Rights," "Enact the child rights act now", "Arrest our parents and false prophets," among others.

POCA KIDSPA may sound like some sort of disturbing NAMBLA resort, but those are actually two pieces of legislation recently signed by President Bush--the Protect Our Children Act and the Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act--that actually a

According to Iran's Assistant Attorney General for Judicial Affairs, Hossein Zabhi, a memorandum has been sent to all bodies of the Judiciary in Iran to stop child executions and instructed Judges to issue a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

The exploitation of children has unfortunately become a "growth industry," according to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, but the Bureau is "working every day to find and stop those who prey on our children."

OUR CHILDREN ARE DEFENSELESS AGAINST THESE RAGED KILLERS, SOMEONE HAS GOT TO STOP THESE PEOPLE, WE CANT JUST SLAP THERE HANDS AND LET THEM GO FREE. PLEASE HELP US TRY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ARM OUR BABIES WITH SOME KIND OF PROTECTION, IN THE JUSTICE SYSTE

The HRN has had a petition in place addressing many of these points. The Security Council lead by the US has finally done the right thing. Now we need to follow up and make sure the ICC is empowered to prosecute the UN Personnel (blue hats).

The 2008 program implementation agreement between Akwa Ibom and the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has been formally signed by the state government.

The ever-increasing number of female and child trafficking is very alarming especially in South Asia. According to UNODC India is an origin transit and destination country for trafficking in person. There are no numbers to measure the extent and magnitude

"Just dropping in for a hot minute ... to help out the dry spell, and to give everyone something to do for an afternoon," said still one more.That sordid network was exposed this week, thanks to a global law enforcement operation spanning five countries.

Senator Joseph Biden and Senator Richard Lugar recently introduced bipartisan legislation, called the International Violence Against Women Act (S.2279), which would make ending violence against women a key priority in U.S. foreign assistance programs.