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A UN-mandated report documents a grim array of human rights abuses in North Korea and calls for urgent action, including referrals to the International Criminal Court.

This commentary notes how the Holy See has disregarded the rights of victims of sexual abuse by clerics and its mandatory reporting duties to UN bodies, and has been written to coincide with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's recent review of the Holy See.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has released its concluding observations on the Holy See’s review.  

A new strategy has been approved by the Slovakian state government for tackling violence against children across the country.