Article 14: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

CANADA: Forced schooling of aboriginal children was ‘cultural genocide,’ truth commission finds
9/Jun/2015 News
The findings are part of a report documenting widespread physical, cultural and sexual abuse at government-sponsored residential schools run mostly by churches that Indian, Inuit and other indigenous children were forced to attend. 
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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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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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ITALY: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review
20/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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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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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Venezuelan 14-year-old killed during anti-government protest
25/Feb/2015 News
Kluiverth Roa was injured during a confrontation between police and protesters in the city, and died on the way to the hospital, according to local human rights workers.
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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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