Article 12: The childs opinion

ZIMBABWE: Courts are seeing 'consenting' sex with over-12s as unproblematic, activists say
15/Jun/2015 News
Courts appear to be trivialising child sex abuse, activists say, as child rapists are being acquitted as long as the child is over the age of 12 and appears to have consented. 
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ENVIRONMENT: International human rights law and fracking
15/Jun/2015 Publication
This report demonstrates how the international human rights framework can be used to initiate rights-based advocacy against human rights violations that result from the harm caused by hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
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LABOUR RIGHTS: Child labour and protecting working children
11/Jun/2015 Publication
Ahead of the World Day against Child Labour on 12 June, CRIN looks at whether in countries where child workers will work with or without labour protections, is a blanket ban on child work the best way of guaranteeing children's interests? 
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TRANSPARENCY: UN chief orders review of handling of claims of child abuse by French soldiers
3/Jun/2015 News
Ban Ki-moon announced the establishment of an external independent review to examine the UN's handling of allegations of child sexual abuse in the Central African Republic by French peace-keepers. 
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GENDER IDENTITY: Being trans in the European Union - Comparative analysis of EU LGBT survey data
2/Jun/2015 Publication
Research conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) found that trans persons face the highest levels of discrimination, harassment and violence amongst LGBT subgroups.  
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MEXICO: La consulta infantil
28/May/2015 News
En las elecciones federales se instalarán casillas para la Consulta Infantil en todo el país para hacer escuchar la opinión de la niñez y la juventud.
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PARTICIPACIÓN: ¡Dejad que los niños voten (o al menos que participen)!
22/May/2015 News
Los niños no tienen derecho a voto, lo que provoca que a menudo la clase política no los tenga en cuenta. Algunos estudios, que apuestan por garantizar este derecho entre los niños, abren el debate sobre su peso en la cosa pública.
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DRUG POLICY: 'Accountability for children and young people at the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs'
19/May/2015 Publication
This paper challenges the current framework for evaluating drug policies, and presents one based on the CRC. The three UN drugs conventions currently fail to prescribe any specific measures for children and young people, and only one of these mentions children explicitly.    
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COLOMBIA: La ONU insiste en garantizar los derechos de la infancia
28/Apr/2015 News
La ONU formuló 77 recomendaciones en el documento de análisis al informe sobre la situación de la niñez y la adolescencia que será expuesto a lo largo de esta semana.
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Canadian Journal of Children's Rights: Newsletter version issue 1
21/Apr/2015 Publication
CJCR is an academic, peer-reviewed journal which aims to encourage a deeper understanding of the rights of children. It...
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