Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect

MALTA: Gov't launches new policy to help schools address needs of trans, intersex students
16/Jun/2015 News
Activists have welcomed the policy, which recommends an end to gender segregation in schools through things like uniforms, sports lessons, as well as facilities like toilets. 
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CENTRAL AMERICA: Gang violence fuelling child marriage, researchers say
15/Jun/2015 News
Although there is little data on the impact of gang violence on child marriage, anecdotal evidence shows girls are getting married and coupled with gang members, which they see as a form of protection from gang violence and intimation from other gangs. 
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W.J. and L.N. (Minors suing through their guardians, J.K.M and S.C.M) v. Astarikoh Henry Amkoah, J Primary School, the Teachers Service Commission and the Attorney General
Tue, 19/05/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning child sexual abuse in a school in Kenya.
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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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CANADA : La Commission Vérité et Réconciliation qualifie de "génocide culturel" la scolarisation forcée des enfants aborigènes
15/Jun/2015 News
Les Canadiens ont pris conscience du désastre causé par la scolarisation forcée de dizaines de milliers d’Amérindiens et d’Inuits de 1870 à 1970.
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ONU: Rapport du Secrétaire Général sur le sort des enfants en temps de conflit armé
15/Jun/2015 Publication
Le rapport du Secrétaire Général de l'ONU sur le sort des enfants en temps de conflit armé est sorti. 
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Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and La Rencontre Africaine pour la Defense des Droits de L'Homme v. Senegal
Tue, 15/04/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning state liability for the exploitation of talibé children in Senegal.
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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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ONU : Israël ne figure pas sur la ‟liste de la honteâ€
11/Jun/2015 News
Malgré les appels de plusieurs ONG, motivées par le bilan de la guerre à Gaza, Israël, mais aussi le Hamas, ne figurent pas sur la "liste de la honte" de l'ONU, énonçant les entités violant les droits des enfants.  
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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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