Article 20: Protection of a child without family

NETHERLANDS: The Hague fails to safeguard minority children's rights
10/Apr/2012 News
Summary: A children's rights organisation has said that The Hague leaves a number of groups out in the cold: the children...
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CRC: Optional Protocol on a complaints mechanism opening for signature at the end of February
10/Apr/2012 News
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Open Letter to UN: there is need for a more complete review of the situation of young boys and girls who work and live on the streets
2/Apr/2012 News
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RUSSIA: Struggles to reform Soviet-era orphanages
29/Mar/2012 News
Summary: Despite improvements in the material conditions of orphanages in Russia, activists say that the current system is...
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INDIA: Jammu and Kashmir government to set up Commission for protection of child rights
21/Mar/2012 News
Summary: To protect child rights, Jammu and Kashmir will soon set up a State Commission and district-level Juvenile...
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Child-Friendly Laws in Africa
2/Mar/2012 Publication
Summary: At the heart of this report is the concept of measurement of the child-friendliness of laws and policies. these...
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Munyonyo Declaration on Justice for Children in Africa
Tue, 24/01/2012 - 00:00 Instrument
On 7-8 November 2011 at Munyonyo, in Kampala, Uganda, representatives of governments, CSOs, INGOs, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the African Union, UN agencies, UN experts and other experts, from all over Africa and other parts of the world, met to discuss about justice for children in Africa, taking into account the views of children, and adopted the following declaration:
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UGANDA: 161 Children in Prison for No Crime
2/Mar/2012 News
Summary: In its 21 women detention facilities countrywide, the Uganda Prisons Service currently has 161 children detained...
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UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules)
Thu, 22/07/2010 - 00:00 Instrument
Adopted by General Assembly resolution 2010/16 of 22 July 2010
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Guiding Principles for the Domestic Implementation of a Comprehensive System of Protection for Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups
Thu, 15/09/2011 - 00:00 Instrument
The specific aim of the Guiding Principles is to suggest practical and detailed measures for effective domestic implementation of the international rules protecting children affected by armed conflict.
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