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LIBYA: Blast injures 12 children at Benghazi school
14/فبراير/2014 News
Twelve children injured, two of them seriously, in a grenade attack on a school in Benghazi, officials say.
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TRANSPARENCY: Preferred list of candidates for UN experts made public
14/فبراير/2014 News
A host of special procedure mandate holders will be appointed before the end of the 19th session of the Universal Periodic Review. Find out who has made the top of the list.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UN scales up efforts to assist children impacted by conflict
14/فبراير/2014 News
United Nations strives to set up temporary classrooms and scale up the food stocks for children amidst continued fighting and brutal violence in CAR.
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GAMBIA: Children join millions to vote for 2014 'Child Rights Hero'
13/فبراير/2014 News
Children in The Gambia have joined millions around the world to vote for the 2014 ‘Child Rights Hero’ that pits Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai, who fights for girls’ right to education and was shot by the Taliban as a result; John Wood from the USA, who for over 15 years has given millions of children in 10 countries access to libraries and education; and Indira Ranamagar, for her 20-year struggle for children of prisoners in Nepal.  
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USA: Executions are suspended by Governor in Washington
12/فبراير/2014 News
Death penalty gets suspended in Washington by the state governor, in a move to engage officials to "join a growing national conversation about capital punishment."
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DR CONGO: Warlord Ntaganda tried for ethnic crimes and using child soldiers
12/فبراير/2014 News
Former warlord Bosco Ntaganda played a “key role” in ethnic crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, using child soldiers and capturing sex slaves for his rebel army, the International Criminal Court has heard.
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HEALTH: Children with cancer 'denied drugs because of EU rules'
11/فبراير/2014 News
EU rules must be changed to allow more testing of potentially life-saving cancer drugs on children, states The Institute of Cancer Research.
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Commentary: No Jurisdiction of the Holy See over the Catholic Church?
10/فبراير/2014 News
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.
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Vacancy: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
10/فبراير/2014 News
The UN Secretary-General has announced the job opening for the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to replace Navi Pillay whose term will end on 31 August 2014. The deadline to submit applications is 17 March 2014. 
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SYRIA: UN poised for Homs humanitarian operation
7/فبراير/2014 News
A pause in fighting to evacuate hundreds of civilians from besieged areas of the city of Homs in Syria is expected to begin on Friday.
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