Article 3: Best interests of the child

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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EUROPE: Protection gaps risk exposing children with disabilities to abuse
4/Dec/2015 Publication
Boys and girls with disabilities are more likely to be victims of physical and sexual violence, and neglect, than those without disabilities.
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UN: Children's rights and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2/Dec/2015 Publication
Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this new report calls on the UN to address the rights of children with disabilities with the same consistency and rigour as adults’ rights. 
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ASIA-PACIFIC: Region facing a ‘hidden epidemic’ of HIV among adolescents, new report finds
1/Dec/2015 News
On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2015, UNICEF, UNAIDS and partners release the report: 'Adolescents: Under the Radar in the Asia-Pacific AIDS Response' .
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EUROPEAN UNION : Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports
24/Nov/2015 Publication
This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. 
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UN: Statement of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the CRC's 26th anniversary
20/Nov/2015 News
A statement from the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the 26th anniversary of the CRC's adoption.
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ASBL “Jurivie”, ASBL “Pro Vita” and ASBL “Jeunes pour la Vie” v. Belgium
Thu, 29/10/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning a change to legislation legalising assisted suitcide for all persons, including children.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UN peacekeepers face new sexual abuse allegations
13/Nov/2015 News
United Nation's peacekeepers in Central African Republic were hit on Wednesday with fresh accusations of sex abuses uncovered by a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation amid growing concern about a failure to combat sexual misconduct.
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