Article 17: Access to appropriate information

DISCRIMINATION: LGBTI children have the right to safety and equality, says EU expert
2/Oct/2014 News
Bullying and violence has a serious effect on LGBTI children's well-being and prevents openness about their personal identity, says Europe's human rights chief.
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ALBANIA: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review
30/Sep/2014 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'. Once the ‘recommendations’ have been accepted or rejected by the State, these will subsequently be published here.  
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NORWAY: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review
30/Sep/2014 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's Information'. Once the 'recommendations' have been accepted or rejected by the State, these will subsequently be published here.
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HEALTH: A human rights approach to reducing child deaths
26/Sep/2014 News
Infant child mortality not just a health matter, but also a human rights concern, says new Human Rights chief.
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DEATH PENALTY: At high-level event, UN officials call for end to death penalty
26/Sep/2014 News
UN officials declare the continuing application of capital punishment to be a “primitive” practice which has no place in the 21st century.
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ARGENTINA: Children of exiled can receive compensation
22/Sep/2014 News
Supreme Court rules that children born to politically persecuted parents in exile have the right to economic compensation and that they should also be seen as victims of the military dictatorship.
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USA: Satanists want equal access to religious information in school district
22/Sep/2014 News
Self-identified Satanist group seek equal treatment after a public school discrict in Orange County, Florida allows a Christian group to pass out Bibles to its students.
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BANGLADESH: Cabinet agrees Child Marriage Restraint Act
19/Sep/2014 News
Officials in Bangladesh have approved the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 2014, a law that sets a two year jail term for any person who marries a girl under the age of 18.
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COLOMBIA: Hundreds of children with learning disabilities sterilized every year
17/Sep/2014 News
Human rights charity states that more needs to be done to protect the sexual rights of people with learning difficulties.
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SYRIA: Children die after receiving 'UN-sponsored contaminated measles vaccine'
17/Sep/2014 News
Death toll expected to rise as parents accuse the Syrian opposition of negligence when storing the vaccines and of supplying out-of-date medications.
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