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The Siyaj Organization for Child Protection calls upon the Minister of Education, the Minister of the Interior, and the Governor of Ibb to intervene urgently and effectively to enable more than 800 children deprived of their right to education and to protect them from the dangers of tribal revenge that threaten their lives and personalContinue reading “Fence: Tribal revenge deprives more than 800 male and female students of education in Al-Udayn district, Ibb governorate”
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The Child Protection Organization (Siyaj) has frozen the marriage of two Yemeni children for five years. The parents of the two children (Na’ama Abdullah Al-Shwaiter, 13, and Hafiz Mansour Hamid Al-Hasani, 10) signed a written commitment to the organization promising not to proceed with the marriage until the children reach an age where they areContinue reading “A fence freezes the marriage of two children in Sana’a for 5 years”
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Today, the Seyaj Organization launched the second phase of its project to combat the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts. At the inauguration ceremony for the project, implemented by Siyaj in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sana’a, BrigadierContinue reading “In cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and with the presence of UNICEF: Siyaj launches a second phase to combat child recruitment with the support of the Federal Republic of Germany.”
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The head of the Seyaj Organization for Child Protection and Minister of Justice, Judge Murshid Al-Arshani, discussed the challenges facing juvenile justice in Yemen and the resulting practices and procedures that violate children’s rights. Some of these practices lead to death sentences against minors, and serious crimes are committed against many juveniles during detention andContinue reading “The head of the security forces and the Minister of Justice discuss reducing the execution of minors and strengthening juvenile justice in Yemen.”
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Introduction: The crime of recruiting and involving Yemeni children in armed conflicts is constantly escalating due to the lack of mechanisms and means to protect children. Foremost among these is the absence of any national legislation criminalizing and punishing those who recruit children, and the existence of misguided notions that view bearing arms and participatingContinue reading “Yemen: Child Recruitment: Unchecked Violation – Siyaj Report 2011-2012”
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Yemeni Minister of Human Rights, Houria Mashhour, praised the work of the Seyaj Organization as a national non-governmental organization specializing in monitoring and documenting crimes and violations against children, and providing protection, advocacy, psychological and social support, and economic rehabilitation for victims. Mashhour said at a ceremony held by Seyaj to honor a select groupContinue reading “The Minister of Human Rights is proud of the successes of the Childhood Fence, and UNICEF praises the partnership with it.”
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Seyaj Organization for Child Protection welcomes the historic decision of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Yemen, Field Marshal Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to prohibit the recruitment of children under the age of 18 in #Yemen. Seyaj affirms that the President’s decision today represents a victory for children’s rights and the culmination ofContinue reading “As a culmination of efforts since 2009, President Hadi issues a decree banning the recruitment of children in Yemen.”
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In response to appeals for help received by Siyaj from minors facing the death penalty, some with final court rulings, the organization held a meeting at its headquarters in Sana’a with a number of the minors’ families, media outlets, and human rights organizations. During his opening remarks at the meeting, the organization’s president, Ahmed Al-Qurashi,Continue reading “Siyaj holds a hearing to prevent the execution of more than two hundred minors by court order.”
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The Seyaj Organization concluded today its training program on reducing child marriage for 100 marriage registrars and 60 lawyers (both male and female) from the governorates of Sana’a, Ibb, Hodeidah, and Hajjah. The program focused on monitoring, reporting, and providing legal protection to victims in the absence of national legislation criminalizing such practices. Seyaj hadContinue reading “Siyaj trained 160 contract editors and lawyers to reduce child marriage.”
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Lawyers and human rights activists agreed on the necessity for Yemen to enact national legislation criminalizing the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts, including deterrent penalties for perpetrators of this serious violation, and to align all national legislation with relevant international conventions and treaties, most notably the Convention on the Rights of theContinue reading “The fence and the Bar Association: National legislation must be enacted criminalizing the recruitment of children and imposing deterrent penalties.”
