Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect

EUROPE: Protecting children’s rights in the digital world
29/Apr/2014 News
This is the latest Human Rights Comment by the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights. 
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SOUTH SUDAN: children in the firing line
25/Apr/2014 News
The conflict in South Sudan is taking a heavy toll on children who are being killed or injured in attacks and recruited into armed groups. 
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SOUTH SUDAN: Bentiu massacre is game-changer in South Sudan conflict, says UN official
25/Apr/2014 News
UN says rebels slaughtered hundreds of people when they seized capital of Unity state, urged on by hate speech on radio.
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KAZAKHSTAN: All orphanages to close down
24/Apr/2014 News
The draft law aims to have children requiring alternative care to living with families, instead of special institutions. 
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TURKEY: Three teens detained for Berkin protest during Children's Day celebration
24/Apr/2014 News
Berkin Elvan was a 15-year-old boy who was shot with a police tear gas canister during last summer's Gezi Park protests and died after 269 days in a coma. 
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AUSTRALIA: Human Rights Commission to investigate self-harm and suicide in children
23/Apr/2014 News
The decision responds to the fact that Australia has some of the highest self-harm and suicide rates among young people in the developed world.
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SYRIA: UN rights chief condemns rampant use of torture by Syrian forces, opposition groups
15/Apr/2014 News
The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the rampant use of torture, including allegedly of children, in detention facilities across Syria by Government forces and some armed opposition groups.
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FINLAND: MPs support proposed restrictions on circumcision
10/Apr/2014 News
[3 April 2014] - A draft law aimed at banning circumcision has received considerable support from the lawmakers in...
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IRAK: Se prevé legalizar el matrimonio entre niños de 9 años
10/Apr/2014 News
El proyecto de ley, que establece nuevas reglas matrimoniales e introduce nuevas restricciones religiosas.
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BANGLADESH: Jumma tribal women and girls raped with impunity
3/Apr/2014 News
Tribal women and girls from the Chittagong Hill Tracts are under threat from settlers and the Bangladeshi army where killings, torture and rape are common and continue with impunity. 
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