Article 8: Preservation of identity

SYRIA: Child Soldiers, Syria and the growing possibility of an ICC referral
27/Mar/2013 News
Summary: Three reports on Syria released last week are bringing yet another element to the country’s new status as the...
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GAMBIA: Activist persuades Gambia to ban FGM
27/Mar/2013 News
Summary: When Gambian rights activist Isatou Touray began campaigning against female genital mutilation (FGM) she was told...
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CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND BUSINESS: Research reveals children's rights not priority
27/Mar/2013 News
Summary: Unicef finds over one-third of UK companies don't think children's rights are relevant to their business....
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UNITED KINGDOM: NHS 'excludes' children from decision making
27/Mar/2013 News
Summary: Health bodies are failing to listen to young people when making strategic decisions, a report for the Children’s...
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AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister apologises for forced adoptions
22/Mar/2013 News
Summary: The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament on 21 March to...
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SOMALIA: Gay Teen allegedly stoned to death for Sodomy
22/Mar/2013 News
Summary: A gay Somali teen was allegedly stoned to death on March 15, according to an advocacy group that posted about the...
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CONGO: Children's rights in the UN Special Procedures' reports
15/Mar/2013 Publication
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does...
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MINORITIES: Thousands of languages threatened by assimilation, conflict and forced displacement, says UN expert
12/Mar/2013 News
Summary: The Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák, today warned that half of the world’s estimated 6,000 plus...
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DISCRIMINATION: Attempts to ban "homosexual propaganda"
12/Mar/2013 News
Summary: ARTICLE 19's policy brief examines the recent proliferation of prohibitions on so-called “homosexual propaganda”,...
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SOUTH SUDAN: End Widespread Child Marriage, says human rights group
11/Mar/2013 Publication
Summary: The government of South Sudan should increase efforts to protect girls from child marriage, Human Rights Watch...
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