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CAMBODIA: UN-backed report reveals scope of violence against children
27 Oct 2014 News
UN-backed survey reveals that 50% of Cambodian children have experienced at least one form of violence before the age of 18, and  about 25% have been emotionally abused.
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INDIA: 15 year old boy from Dalit minority lynched and burnt alive
23 Oct 2014 News
Boy from a lower caste was tortured then killed because his goat had strayed onto an upper caste man's field.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Elimination of violence against children in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice
23 Oct 2014 News
[16 October 2014] - Taking a strong stand on a range of issues from prisoners’ rights to protecting cultural property, the...
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Third Committee's Debate on Children’s Rights
23 Oct 2014 News
During the Third Committee's debate on children’s rights, top officials implored states to combat cybercrime and violence.
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OPT: Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli forces
17 Oct 2014 News
Thirteen-year-old boy shot three times in the chest during riot in village of Beit Liqya in the occupied West Bank.
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EXHIBITION: Rights, Not Charity
16 Oct 2014 News
Child Rights International Network has teamed up with the artist Miriam Sugranyes to put together a new exhibition at London's Southbank Centre celebrating 25 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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UKRAINE: Eastern Ukraine conflict continues to take heavy toll on civilians
16 Oct 2014 News
[8 October 2014] – While the fragile month-long ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is a welcome step towards ending the conflict...
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SOUTH SUDAN: Steps to tackle widespread sexual violence
16 Oct 2014 News
[13 October 2014] – Back from her first visit to South Sudan, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary...
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SYRIA: Release of 70 Kurdish children after 120 days in captivity
16 Oct 2014 News
[3 October 2014] – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today welcomed the release of 70 Kurdish children, who were...
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IRAQ: ‘Staggering array’ of gross human rights abuses
16 Oct 2014 News
[2 October 2014] – A “staggering array” of gross human rights abuses and “acts of violence of an increasingly sectarian...
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SOMALIA: Forced displacement shows ‘no signs of easing,’ UN agency warns
16 Oct 2014 News
[16 September 2014] – Alarming circumstances such as forced evictions, drought, conflict and lack of livelihood have...
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AUSTRALIA: Government faces asylum court challenges
14 Oct 2014 News
Australian government is facing two challenges in court over its policies towards asylum seekers.
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