Article 36: Other forms of exploitation

NORWAY: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review
30/سبتمبر/2014 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's Information'. Once the 'recommendations' have been accepted or rejected by the State, these will subsequently be published here.
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BANGLADESH: Cabinet agrees Child Marriage Restraint Act
19/سبتمبر/2014 News
Officials in Bangladesh have approved the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 2014, a law that sets a two year jail term for any person who marries a girl under the age of 18.
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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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BAHAMAS: Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children
17/سبتمبر/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
A/HRC/26/37/Add.5...
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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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USA: Huge family detention centre to open in Texas for undocumented migrants
15/سبتمبر/2014 News
Federal officials are due to open a huge family detention centre in southern Texas that will house immigrant adults with children while they await deportation.
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SOMALIA: African Union soldiers sexually abused girls, say activists
12/سبتمبر/2014 News
Human Rights Watch report shows soldiers from the African Union Mission sexually abused and exploited vulnerable Somali women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu.
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EURASIA: Gifted children v children with disabilities - how seeking out the ‘best' contributes to social inequality in post-Soviet states
4/سبتمبر/2014 News
CRIN looks at the worship of “gifted” children in post-Soviet states alongside denial of children with disabilities and questions why this culture is so deeply rooted.
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INDIA: Girl 'humiliated' by village elders found dead
4/سبتمبر/2014 News
Dead teenage girl may have been raped after having been humiliated by village "court" for protesting against her father's harassment.
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FRANCE: Parisian suburb accused of gender stereotyping over school satchels
2/سبتمبر/2014 News
Row sparked by mayor of a wealthy suburb handing out pink bags for girls and blue for boys for new school year.
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