Article 4: Implementation of rights

TURKEY: Top court rules that compulsory religious education is unlawful
30/Jun/2015 News
The plaintiffs behind the challenge argued that compulsory religious education did not comply with their religious and philosophical beliefs. 
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NETHERLANDS: Remove age limits on right to die, say paediatricians
30/Jun/2015 News
The Dutch Paediatric Association says the country should follow Belgium in changing law on euthanasia and scrapping age limit for children in unbearable suffering. 
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BRAZIL: Organisations call on State to reject bill to lower age of criminal majority
22/Jun/2015 News
Statement by civil society organisations calling on the government of Brazil to refrain from adopting the draft constitutional reform bill proposing to lower the age of criminal majority from 18 to 16 years of age.
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JUSTICE: 'Children’s equitable access to justice in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia'
16/Jun/2015 Publication
This UNICEF report sheds light on the tremendous barriers children in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia face in accessing justice for violations of their rights. 
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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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FRANCE: 3 millions d'enfants sous le seuil de pauvreté
11/Jun/2015 News
Plus de 3 millions d'enfants, soit un sur cinq, vivent sous le seuil de pauvreté en France, 30.000 sont sans domicile, 9.000 habitent des bidonvilles et 140.000 décrochent de l'école chaque année, s'alarme l'Unicef dans un rapport publié mardi.
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ONU : Israël ne figure pas sur la ‟liste de la honte”
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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ARMED CONFLICT: Ban Ki-moon leaves Israel off list of countries that kill or injure children
9/Jun/2015 News
UN secretary general does not include Israel or Hamas but says number of dead and wounded Palestinian children is unacceptable. 
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