Article 24: Health and health services

CANADA: Forced schooling of aboriginal children was ‘cultural genocide,’ truth commission finds
9/يونيو/2015 News
The findings are part of a report documenting widespread physical, cultural and sexual abuse at government-sponsored residential schools run mostly by churches that Indian, Inuit and other indigenous children were forced to attend. 
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GENDER IDENTITY: Being trans in the European Union - Comparative analysis of EU LGBT survey data
2/يونيو/2015 Publication
Research conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) found that trans persons face the highest levels of discrimination, harassment and violence amongst LGBT subgroups.  
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EUROPE: ILGA-Europe annual conference on LGBT rights
أربعاء, 28/10/2015 - 09:00 Event
This year’s Annual Conference takes place in Athens between 28 and 31 October 2015 under the theme Many voices, One...
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COMITÉ AFRICAIN D'EXPERTS : le Sénégal viole les droits des enfants talibés
1/يونيو/2015 News
Le Comité africain d'experts sur les droits et le bien-être de l'enfant a rendu sa décision sur le cas des enfants talibés.
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Slovenia: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review
28/ماي/2015 Publication
A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National report', the 'Compilation of UN information' and the 'Summary of stakeholder information'. Also included is the final report and the list of accepted and rejected recommendations.  
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ÉTATS-UNIS : trois fois plus de suicides chez les enfants noirs que chez les blancs
22/ماي/2015 News
D'après une étude publiée par une association médicale américaine, le taux de suicide des 5-11 ans noirs américains serait plus de trois fois plus élevé que celui des enfants blancs.
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DRUG POLICY: 'Accountability for children and young people at the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs'
19/ماي/2015 Publication
This paper challenges the current framework for evaluating drug policies, and presents one based on the CRC. The three UN drugs conventions currently fail to prescribe any specific measures for children and young people, and only one of these mentions children explicitly.    
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L’EUROPE néglige le droit à l’autodétermination et à l’intégrité physique des personnes intersexes
15/ماي/2015 News
Une étude du Conseil de l'Europe examine les obstacles médicaux, juridiques et administratifs qui empêchent les personnes intersexes d’exercer pleinement leurs droits fondamentaux.
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MIGRACIONES: MSF alerta de que cada vez más mujeres y niños optan por el Mediterráneo para llegar a Europa
21/أبريل/2015 News
A pesar del viaje peligroso cada vez más niños buscan un futuro mejor y huyen de conflictos, entre ellos también muchos no acompañados.
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HEALTH: Babies feel pain 'like adults', first infant MRI study suggests
21/أبريل/2015 News
The majority of babies who undergo painful procedures do not receive pain relief medication during surgery. The practice is based on the belief that babies’ brains are not developed enough for them to really feel pain. But this latest study suggests that babies are more sensitive to pain than adults. 
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