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IRAN: Juvenile offender faces imminent execution
18/May/2015 News
Hamid Ahmadi was convicted of fatally stabbing a man during a group fight that took place when he was 16 years old. 
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IRAN: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS REFERENCES IN THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
30/Apr/2015 Publication
A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National report', the 'Compilation of UN information' and the 'Summary of stakeholder information'. Also included is the final report and the list of accepted and rejected recommendations.
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Global newsletter #30
15/Apr/2015 News
Read the latest edition of the quarterly global newsletter by the Global Initiative to End All Corporpal Punishment of Children featuring recent develpments, advocacy resources and updates from the UN.
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INHUMAN SENTENCING: Life imprisonment of children around the world
25/Mar/2015 Publication
CRIN is launching a global research report on life imprisonment as part of the Inhuman Sentencing Campaign that highlights the prevalence and plurality of laws permitting life imprisonment for children.
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IRAN: Alternative report on Iran's implementation of the CRC by CRIN and 20 human rights organisations
9/Mar/2015 Publication
This joint alternative report aims to contribute to the upcoming review by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (...
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UNHRC 28th Session: Opening statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights
6/Mar/2015 News
The High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein presents the annual report on the OHCHR activities to open the Human Rights Council session in Geneva on 3 March 2015.
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: March 2015 edition of the global progress and delay leaflet
3/Mar/2015 Publication
This leaflet gives an overview of the latest developments in national legislations on corporal punishment of children.
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تقرير عالمي: التقرير السنوي لامنستي 2014-2015
26/Feb/2015 Publication
كان عام 2014 عام دمار لمن سعوا إلى رفع راية حقوق الإنسان والدفاع عنها، ولمن حاصرتهم ضروب المعاناة في مناطق الحروب.
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GLOBAL REPORT: Amnesty International annual report 2014/2015
25/Feb/2015 Publication
'This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up in the suffering of war zones. We must hope that, looking backward to 2014 in the years to come, what we lives through will be seen as an ultimate low point from which we rose up and created a better future.'
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IRAN: Illegal execution of juvenile offender
20/Feb/2015 News
Despite the international appeals to halt the execution, Saman Naseem was hanged on Thursday. He was arrested in 2011 at the age of 17 years.
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