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UK: Failures in Rotherham led to sexual abuse of 1,400 children
1/Sep/2014 News
Report says failings in political and police leadership contributed to gang rape and trafficking in South Yorkshire
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TANZANIA: UN criticises government for segregating children with albinism
29/Aug/2014 News
Tanzania’s practice of rounding up children with albinism into government care centres criticised by UN.
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AUSTRALIA: Six-year-old detained asylum seeker takes her case to Supreme Court
29/Aug/2014 News
Rare class action against government concerning the treatment of injured detainees being held in detention centres. 
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USA: Medication for foster children under new scrutiny, say doctors
26/Aug/2014 News
Investigation reveals that 1 out of 4 adolescents in California’s foster care system has received prescribed psychiatric drugs over the last decade.
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International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS) v. Croatia
Mon, 30/03/2009 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the discriminatory content of sex education in schools in Croatia.
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AFGHANISTAN: "Bacha bazi" child abuse rising
26/Aug/2014 News
Sexual abuse against children has been rising, says Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission.
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GENDER: The most outrageous ways schools are trying to enforce gender stereotypes
21/Aug/2014 News
By policing children's gender expressions, schools are ultimately reinforcing stereotypes.
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UKRAINE: Rocket fire kills 'dozens' of refugees, including children
21/Aug/2014 News
Convoy of buses carrying civilians fleeing the fighting in eastern Ukraine hit by rocket fire.
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GAZA: More civilians, including children, killed by Israeli strikes since truce collapsed
20/Aug/2014 News
In six weeks of Israeli bombardment, the total Palestinian death toll is now over 2,040, with an additional 10,200 injuries.
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SEX EDUCATION: Calls for better sex education for autistic children
19/Aug/2014 News
Psychologists say that lack of sex education leaves children with autism more vulnerable to sexual victimisation.
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