Article 18: Parental responsibilities

SENEGAL: Country growing up over child marriage
28/Feb/2013 News
Summary: Growing number of people in this West African nation, including religious leaders, calling for the abandonment of...
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CHILD LABOUR: UN report calls for elimination of child labour in livestock sector
27/Feb/2013 News
Summary: Governments, farmer organisations and rural families must all be involved to eliminate child labour in the...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Metropolitan Police will prosecute parents who send their girls abroad to be ‘cut’
18/Feb/2013 News
Summary: People who book flights to send girls abroad for genital mutilation operations will face prosecution in a new...
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FGM: Noting progress, UN urges accelerated efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation
15/Feb/2013 News
Summary: As new data points to fewer girls being subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), United Nations...
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SAUDI ARABIA: Human rights activist calls for child abuse law
13/Feb/2013 News
Summary: A Saudi Arabian human rights activist has called for a child abuse law in the Saudi kingdom after a five-year-old...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Minister defends child smacking
4/Feb/2013 News
Summary: UK Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, has defended parents' 'right' to smack. A spokesperson for the children's...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Child poverty - Take parental addiction into account, urges Minister
31/Jan/2013 News
Summary: The UK Government is reviewing how it defines child poverty. Iain Duncan Smith, the Secretary of State for Work...
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GERMANY: Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports
30/Jan/2013 Publication
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow...
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Committee on the rights of the child: 62nd session
Mon, 14/01/2013 - 00:00 Event
Summary: The Committee on the Rights of the Child will hold its 62nd Session from 14 January to 1 February 2013. Below are...
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