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UNITED KINGDOM: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children
30/Jun/2015 Publication
This report was submitted ahead of the the 72nd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child...
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SPORTS: Children's commissioner wants more rights for footballers as young as 10
30/Jun/2015 News
Scotland's commissioner for children and young people has told lawmakers that professional football clubs are exploiting children as young as 10 by tying them to binding legal agreements and treating them as financial commodities.     
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Hutchinson v. United Kingdom
Tue, 03/02/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the compatibility of whole life terms in the UK with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Harkins and Edwards v. United Kingdom
Tue, 17/01/2012 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning life imprisonment without parole and proportionality of sentencing in the UK.
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R (on the application of Wellington) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
Fri, 18/05/2007 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning whether the applicant’s extradition from the UK to the US to face mandatory life imprisonment without parole would constitute inhuman or degrading punishment.
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114th Session of the Human Rights Committee
Mon, 29/06/2015 - 09:30 Event
At its forthcoming 114th session, the Human Rights Committee will examine the efforts of the following seven countries to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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R. on the application of Ric Williams by his father and litigation friend Richard Williams v. the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Mon, 11/05/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning a requirement for payment of a fee for an application for citizenship by a destitute child in the United Kingdom.
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NO DISCRIMINACION: Juguetes con discapacidad para fomentar la no discriminación
28/May/2015 News
Una campaña hecha por padres de niños en un hospital del Reino Unido muestra a juguetes con enfermedades y discapacidades.
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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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Факультативный протокол к Конвенции о правах ребенка, касающийся участия детей в вооруженных конфликтах
Thu, 09/04/2015 - 16:30 Instrument
Принят резолюцией A/RES/54/263 Генеральной Ассамблеи  ООН и открыт для подписания, присоединения и ратификации, вступил в силу 12 февраля 2002 года.  
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