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GAZA: Not a single child untouched by recent Gaza conflict
30 Sep 2014 News
There is not a single child who has not been adversely affected by the recent conflict in Gaza, according to the UN.
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HONG KONG: Hundreds of high-school students step up protests
29 Sep 2014 News
School students among thousands who are supporting a pro-democracy campaign.
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ARMED CONFLICT: New UN-Arab League pact aims to better protect children affected by armed conflict
26 Sep 2014 News
[22 September 2014] – The United Nations and the League of Arab States today signed an agreement to strengthen the...
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HEALTH: A human rights approach to reducing child deaths
26 Sep 2014 News
Infant child mortality not just a health matter, but also a human rights concern, says new Human Rights chief.
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DEATH PENALTY: At high-level event, UN officials call for end to death penalty
26 Sep 2014 News
UN officials declare the continuing application of capital punishment to be a “primitive” practice which has no place in the 21st century.
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Human Rights Council holds panel discussion on violence against children
24 Sep 2014 News
The Human Rights Council held a panel discussion yesterday on "accelerating global efforts to end violence against children".
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SOUTH SUDAN: Thousands of children at risk of starvation, UNICEF warns
23 Sep 2014 News
Thousands of children under the age of five are at risk of dying from malnutrition while experts believe the food security situation for 2015 will be dire.
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ARGENTINA: Children of exiled can receive compensation
22 Sep 2014 News
Supreme Court rules that children born to politically persecuted parents in exile have the right to economic compensation and that they should also be seen as victims of the military dictatorship.
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USA: Satanists want equal access to religious information in school district
22 Sep 2014 News
Self-identified Satanist group seek equal treatment after a public school discrict in Orange County, Florida allows a Christian group to pass out Bibles to its students.
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BANGLADESH: Cabinet agrees Child Marriage Restraint Act
19 Sep 2014 News
Officials in Bangladesh have approved the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 2014, a law that sets a two year jail term for any person who marries a girl under the age of 18.
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MOLDOVA: The plight of Moldova's orphanage children
19 Sep 2014 News
More than 7,000 children have been placed in state-run institutions in Europe's poorest country, Moldova, and only 2% are orphans.
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COLOMBIA: Hundreds of children with learning disabilities sterilized every year
17 Sep 2014 News
Human rights charity states that more needs to be done to protect the sexual rights of people with learning difficulties.
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