Article 20: Protection of a child without family

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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Mendoza et al v. Argentina
Sat, 14/09/2013 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the the compatability of life imprisonment sentences for child offenders with the IACHR.
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MOLDOVA: The plight of Moldova's orphanage children
19/Sep/2014 News
More than 7,000 children have been placed in state-run institutions in Europe's poorest country, Moldova, and only 2% are orphans.
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RUSSIA: Children with disabilities face violence and neglect
15/Sep/2014 News
Human Rights Watch urges authorities to end 'orphanage' system and to prioritise support for children with disabilities to live with their families or in other family settings.
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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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UGANDA: "Where Do You Want Us to Go?"
23/Jul/2014 Publication
This Human Rights Watch report documents human rights violations against street children in Uganda by police and local government officials, members of the community and older homeless children and adults.
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MEXICO: Hundreds of children found at vermin-infested shelter
22/Jul/2014 News
Children routinely subjected to physical, psychological and sexual abuse at "The Big Family" shelter and denied visits from their parents, say authorities.
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GUATEMALA: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
14/Jul/2014 Publication
A/HRC/22/54/Add.1
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Busting the myths between care and young offenders
1/Jul/2014 Publication
This report's findings is based on thorough research undertaken into the relationship between care and crime.
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Concluding Observations for Jordan's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports
27/Jun/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/JOR/CO/4-5...
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