Article 34: Sexual exploitation

AUSTRALIA: Anonymous NGO workers condemn 'systematic' rights violations at detention centre
15/Aug/2014 News
Save the Children workers at Australian-run immigration detention camps on Nauru describe numerous cases of abuse.
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JAPAN: Children still being treated as sexual objects in cartoons and comic books
13/Aug/2014 News
Possessing child porn is now illegal in Japan - but depicting children as sexual objects in cartoons or animation isn't.
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USA: Inquiry finds a ‘culture of violence’ against teenage inmates at New York's Rikers Island
5/Aug/2014 News
Inquiry finds that the civil rights of male teenagers were violated and that there was no protection given to the boys from the rampant use of unnecessary and excessive force by correction officers.
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Juan Doe I v. Cardinal Roger Mahony, et al.
Fri, 25/02/2011 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the liability of a priest, Cardinals and church dioceses in the United States and Mexico for child sexual abuse under the US Alien Tort Statute.
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Breaking the silence: Combating child sexual abuse in Odisha, India
24/Jul/2014 Publication
The Youth Council for Development Alternatives (YCDA) in collaboration with UNICEF and the Women and Child Development...
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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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SEXUAL ABUSE: Charity accused of failing to investigate historical child abuse claims
23/Jul/2014 News
A woman who complained sixteen years ago to the Salvation Army in England of being abused by charity personnel in the 1970s now wants an inquiry.
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ARMED CONFLICT: Rape survivors in Central African Republic not getting help
23/Jul/2014 News
The presence of armed groups and continued fighting has left women and girls vulnerable to forced marriage and extreme violence, including rape.
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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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SYRIA: Child marriage soars among Syrian refugees in Jordan
18/Jul/2014 News
Girls who have fled Syria's civil war are increasingly vulnerable to exploitation, domestic violence and poverty, warns the UN.
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