Mental health begins at home

There’s something wrong with a system that sends emotionally disturbed children to psychiatric hospitals. Philip Veerman is coordinator of the Israel Section of Defense for Children International. Yair Ronnen is an attorney representing children in the juvenile...

A tool for teaching Human Rights

For two decades, the world community has been witnessing an “explosion” in international human rights law and remedies. Indeed, the human rights revolution has led Father Robert Drinan, one of the leading scholar-advocates of human rights, to comment that...
Janusz Korczak

Janusz Korczak

Publications about Janusz Korczak by Philip Veerman: 1990: In the shadow of Januzs Korczak – The story of Stefania Wilczynska Download the article: In the shadow of Januzs Korczak – The story of Stefania Wilczynska (.pdf, 549kb) 1987: Janusz Korczak and...

Applying CRC to the Work with Young People and Drugs

In the field of international human rights law the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has been one of the most influential treaties. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly on November 20, 1989 after ten years of drafting and today this instrument has...
NGO Comments on Israeli State Report

NGO Comments on Israeli State Report

This NGO Report was prepared by Defense for Children International – Israel in consultation with members of the Israeli Children’s Rights Coalition. However, this report represents the views of DCI – Israel alone. Members of the Israel Children’s Rights Coalition do...