Article 16: Protection of privacy

SINGAPORE: Court frees teen blogger, Amos Yee, after four-week sentence
6/Jul/2015 News
Yee, who was convicted of wounding religious sentiment and of uploading an obscene image with the faces of Singapore's founding father and Margaret Thatcher, says he intends to appeal his conviction and sentence. 
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PRIVACY: Teen loses his case over police use of 'riot photos'
6/Jul/2015 News
The case challenged the publication of images of children suspected of being involved in riots as a violation of their right to privacy. 
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TURKEY: Top court rules that compulsory religious education is unlawful
30/Jun/2015 News
The plaintiffs behind the challenge argued that compulsory religious education did not comply with their religious and philosophical beliefs. 
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JUSTICE: 'Children’s equitable access to justice in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia'
16/Jun/2015 Publication
This UNICEF report sheds light on the tremendous barriers children in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia face in accessing justice for violations of their rights. 
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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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EUROPE: ILGA-Europe annual conference on LGBT rights
Wed, 28/10/2015 - 09:00 Event
This year’s Annual Conference takes place in Athens between 28 and 31 October 2015 under the theme Many voices, One...
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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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CHILE: Víctimas de abusos del clero católico se unen en América Latina
23/Mar/2015 News
Una película aborda la historia de uno de los sacerdotes más influyentes del país para no olvidar y memorizar los abusos sexuales cometidos dentro de la iglesia católica.
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