Article 24: Health and health services

COLOMBIA: Hundreds of children with learning disabilities sterilized every year
17/سبتمبر/2014 News
Human rights charity states that more needs to be done to protect the sexual rights of people with learning difficulties.
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SYRIA: Children die after receiving 'UN-sponsored contaminated measles vaccine'
17/سبتمبر/2014 News
Death toll expected to rise as parents accuse the Syrian opposition of negligence when storing the vaccines and of supplying out-of-date medications.
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RUSSIA: Children with disabilities face violence and neglect
15/سبتمبر/2014 News
Human Rights Watch urges authorities to end 'orphanage' system and to prioritise support for children with disabilities to live with their families or in other family settings.
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TANZANIA: UN criticises government for segregating children with albinism
29/أغسطس/2014 News
Tanzania’s practice of rounding up children with albinism into government care centres criticised by UN.
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AUSTRALIA: Six-year-old detained asylum seeker takes her case to Supreme Court
29/أغسطس/2014 News
Rare class action against government concerning the treatment of injured detainees being held in detention centres. 
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AUSTRALIE : Une enfant demandeuse d'asile à l'origine d'un recours en justice
27/أغسطس/2014 News
Cette petite fille de 6 ans est la principale plaignante d'une action collective intentée par plusieurs milliers de demandeurs d'asile contre le gouvernement fédéral mardi. ABC Radio Australia, 27 août 2014.
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USA: Medication for foster children under new scrutiny, say doctors
26/أغسطس/2014 News
Investigation reveals that 1 out of 4 adolescents in California’s foster care system has received prescribed psychiatric drugs over the last decade.
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International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS) v. Croatia
اثنين, 30/03/2009 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the discriminatory content of sex education in schools in Croatia.
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AFGHANISTAN: "Bacha bazi" child abuse rising
26/أغسطس/2014 News
Sexual abuse against children has been rising, says Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission.
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GAZA: More civilians, including children, killed by Israeli strikes since truce collapsed
20/أغسطس/2014 News
In six weeks of Israeli bombardment, the total Palestinian death toll is now over 2,040, with an additional 10,200 injuries.
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