Article 2: Non-discrimination

COLOMBIA: Free education secured for 12 million children
25/Jan/2016 Publication
Part of a law which allowed the Colombian government to charge for primary education was deemed unconstitutional after a direct challenge against its discriminatory provisions.
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Mudzuru v. Minister of Justice
Wed, 20/01/2016 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the minimum age of marriage in Zimbabwe.
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EXTREME LANGUAGE: ‘Radicalisation', punitive measures and children’s rights
20/Jan/2016 News
'Radicalisation' has become a fearful term, and measures to prevent it in children are often excessive, even resulting in them being accused of extremism for simply exploring their own ideas. 
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Minister of Basic Education v. Basic Education for All
Wed, 02/12/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the provision of textbooks to school pupils in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
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UNITED STATES: Supreme Court rejects Nestle bid to throw out child slavery suit
12/Jan/2016 News
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid by Nestle SA and two other companies to throw out a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for the use of child slaves in Ivory Coast.
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Twyon Thomas v. Attorney General
Wed, 17/06/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the ill-treatment of a boy in custody.
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CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER THREAT: Old and new challenges for human and children's rights advocates in Eurasia
11/Dec/2015 Publication
In recent years, the space afforded to civil society to operate freely has been shrinking dramatically across the world,...
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Human Rights Day 2015: Freedoms for adults only?
9/Dec/2015 Publication
The freedoms set out in the two Covenants are universal; they apply to everyone, everywhere. Children are no exception, they have all human rights. But children’s freedoms are rarely a priority; the ability to think freely, act and speak is too often denied for children all over the world.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in schools
7/Dec/2015 News
Schools in the UK should not be required to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character according reforms proposed by a top-level inquiry into faith in multicultural Britain.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in schools
7/Dec/2015 News
Schools in the UK should not be required to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character according reforms proposed by a top-level inquiry into faith in multicultural Britain.
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