Article 2: Non-discrimination

ROMA: Romanian court rules on housing rights of Romani community
12/Jun/2014 News
Within its ruling, the court said that the eviction of Roma families violates children's right to access education.
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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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SOUTH SUDAN: MSF accuses UN of 'indifference'
10/Apr/2014 News
MSF has accused the UN in South Sudan of showing "shocking indifference" towards displaced people sheltering at one of its compounds.
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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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MALTA: Lawmakers prohibit all corporal punishment
18/Mar/2014 News
Malta has become the 37th State worldwide and the 25th in Europe to have achieved full prohibition.   
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Observations finales sur le rapport périodique du Saint-Siège sur la Convention
3/Mar/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/VAT/CO/2 Observations finales sur le rapport périodique du Saint-Siège sur la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant.
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Concluding Observations for Yemen's fourth periodic report
5/Feb/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
Below is a short summary of some of the key issues from the Committee on the Rights of the Child's 65th session concluding...
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Concluding Observations for Republic of Congo's 2nd to 4th Periodic Report
5/Feb/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/COG/CO/2-4...
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Concluding Observations for the Russian Federation's Initial OPAC Report
31/Jan/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/OPAC/RUS/CO/1
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Concluding Observations for Portugal's Initial OPSC Report
31/Jan/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/OPSC/PRT/CO/1
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