Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect

Supplementary submission to CRC on the protection of child rights in India
20/May/2014 Alternative Report
The report by the Zo Indigenous Forum to the Committee on the rights of the Child (CRC) focusses on the developments and...
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Supplementary submission to CRC on the enforced disappearances in Timor-Leste
20/May/2014 Alternative Report
This report by Aliansi Nasionál Timor-Leste ba Tribunál Internasionál (ANTI) to the Committee on the Rights of the Child...
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Supplementary submission to CRC on the medicalization of FGM in Indonesia
20/May/2014 Alternative Report
This report by TERRE DES FEMMES (TDF) addresses the implementation of article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the...
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AFGHANISTAN: 545 children killed in Afghan conflict last year
15/May/2014 News
The latest United Nations (UN) report reveals that the Afghan conflict claimed lives of at least 545 children and injured a total of 1,149 others last year.
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ARMED CONFLICT: UN meeting targets 'killer robots'
15/May/2014 News
[14 May 2014] – The top United Nations official in Geneva today urged bold action by diplomats at the start of the world...
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SOUTH SUDAN: UN report documenting human rights violations on “a massive scale” in South Sudan underscores extreme urgency
12/May/2014 News
9 May 2014 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Friday that a detailed new UN report describing gross...
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PARAGUAY: Juvenile detention guards arrested over death of two teens during riot
6/May/2014 News
According to the forensics report, each teen had been riddled with nine bullets during a riot in which beds had been set on fire in a demand for more TV time.
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BAHRAIN: 176 children detained as a result of security events
6/May/2014 News
Local authorities have accused these children of charges related to the political situation in the country and especially during the recent escalation of protests in Bahrain. 
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DISCRIMINATION: LGBTQ youths detained for status offences twice as often as others
2/May/2014 News
Research has shown that LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system, and once in the system may receive overly harsh punishments because of biases or be placed in isolation in the name of protecting them.   
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NIGERIA: Kidnapped schoolgirls 'forced to marry captors'
1/May/2014 News
The girls are reportedly being paid £7 to marry Boko Haram militants. 
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