Article 4: Implementation of rights

Droits, recours et représentation : un rapport sur l'accès des enfants à la justice dans le monde
12/Feb/2016 Publication
L'accès à la justice est un droit humain, mais c'est également ce qui fait des autres droits une réalité. Pour que les...
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K.U. v. Finland
Tue, 02/12/2008 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the refusal to identify the poster of online content breaching the privacy of a child in Finland.
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Rights, Remedies and Representation: A global report on access to justice for children
8/Feb/2016 Publication
Access to justice is a human right, but it is also what makes other rights a reality. For children’s rights to be more...
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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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SOUTH AFRICA: Human Rights Commission urges ban on corporal punishment
22/Jan/2016 News
A total ban on corporal punishment may be enacted in South Africa after the country’s Human Rights Commission recommended the measure to the cabinet earlier this week.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Staff fired after claims of mistreatment at G4S-run young offender unit
14/Jan/2016 News
Four staff have been sacked following allegations of mistreatment of children at a young offender institution.
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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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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UN peacekeepers face new allegations of sexually abusing children
6/Jan/2016 News
UN peacekeepers are facing new allegations of sexual abuse in the Central African Republic involving four young girls, according to the UN spokesman.
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Global progress towards prohibition up to December 2015
4/Jan/2016 Publication
A milestone in progress towards universal prohibition of corporal punishment of children was witnessed in 2015 with more than half of UN member states achieving prohibition in all settings or committing to doing so.
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ZAMBIA: UN experts dismayed by presidential pardon of convicted rapist and his appointment as GBV ambassador
23/Dec/2015 News
Two UN human rights experts have urged the Zambian Government to end the impunity of Zambian singer Clifford Dimba, convicted in 2014 for the rape of a 14-year-old girl and later made an ambassador on gender-based violence.
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