Article 1: Definition of a child

AFGHANISTAN: Parliament halts debate on violence against women law
20/May/2013 News
Summary: A debate by Afghan MPs about beefing up a law to prevent violence against women was halted amid angry scenes....
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CAR: UN calls for sanctions on CAR rights abusers
17/May/2013 News
Summary: The U.N. envoy urged the Security Council to consider imposing sanctions on rebels accused of severe rights...
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USA: Supreme Court wrestles with notion of child's best interest in adoption case
18/Apr/2013 News
Summary: The Supreme Court in America is trying to sort out a wrenching adoption case involving a Native American child, a...
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SYRIA: Child marriage on rise among refugees, report aid groups
12/Apr/2013 News
Summary: The desperate plight of refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war is forcing some parents to marry off their daughters...
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Engagement and Participation in Family Support
Thu, 13/06/2013 - 00:00 Event
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On-line conversation: Monitoring Prisons to Prevent Abuse
Mon, 15/04/2013 - 00:00 Event
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Harmful Traditional Practices and Child Protection: Contested Understandings and Practices of Female Child Marriage and Circumcision in Ethiopia
4/Apr/2013 Publication
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OPT: Israeli troops shoot dead two Palestinian youths in West Bank
4/Apr/2013 News
Summary: Youths aged 17 and 18 killed as confrontations enter a third day following the death of a Palestinian prisoner in...
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SAUDI ARABIA: Paralysis sentence 'grotesque', says UK Foreign Office
4/Apr/2013 News
Summary: Punishment handed down to Ali al-Khawahir for stabbing he committed aged 14 must not be carried out, urge British...
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JUVENILE JUSTICE: Fact sheet - Justice for Children
3/Apr/2013 Publication
Summary: The first “Factsheet on Justice for Children” by the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ) has been...
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