Article 12: The childs opinion

FRANCE: Unaccompanied Children Detained at Borders
11/Apr/2014 News
As many as 500 children who arrive alone each year in transit zones at the borders detained by authorities, according to Human Rights Watch research.
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SENEGAL: Law bans 10-year-old rape victim from aborting twins
7/Apr/2014 News
Efforts of human rights campaigners thwarted by Napoleonic law allowing abortion only in life-or-death circumstances.
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PAKISTAN: Nine-month-old baby accused of attempted murder
7/Apr/2014 News
Police in Lahore province charge baby with planning a murder, threatening police and interfering with state affairs.
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DISCRIMINATION: Respect for the human rights of Roma is an unfulfilled promise, say activists
7/Apr/2014 News
On the eve of International Roma Day on 8 April, human rights group documents the discrimination that still continues against Roma people.
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SYRIA: More than 150,000 killed in conflict, say activists
3/Apr/2014 News
More than 150,000 people, including nearly 7,985 children, have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, a monitoring group has said.
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IRAQ: Do not legalise marriage for nine-year-olds, say human rights groups
17/Mar/2014 News
Draft law would be a step backwards for women and children's rights.
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DISCRIMINATION: Asia's poor urban children left out of disaster prevention - report
6/Mar/2014 News
Asia’s impoverished urban children are among the groups most vulnerable to disasters, yet few disaster risk reduction (DRR) programmes in the region focus on them, according to a new report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and children’s charity Plan International.
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Plan International: "Too Young To Wed"
Mon, 03/03/2014 - 18:30 Event
Join Plan International for a high-level debate on child marriage.
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