Article 4: Implementation of rights

HEALTH: Child death rate cut by half, but UN target missed
10/Sep/2015 News
As many as 16,000 children under five die each day, even though they are half as likely to die before their fifth birthday now than they were in 1990.
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UNITED STATES: Teenager sentenced to 11 years in prison for Islamic State Twitter support
1/Sep/2015 News
A teenager was sentenced to 11 years and four months in prison on Friday for using Twitter to support Islamic State (IS), becoming the first minor to be prosecuted by the United States in such a case.
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UN: Children's rights and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Right
28/Aug/2015 Publication
All human rights apply to children, but even with the advent of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 25 years...
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UN: Children's rights and the Human Rights Committee
28/Aug/2015 Publication
While civil and political rights are recognised specifically for children in the CRC, the review by the Human Rights...
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European Social Charter complaints procedure briefing
27/Aug/2015 Guide Section
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YEMEN: UN Special Representative calls for protection of children in conflict
27/Aug/2015 News
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui has called on all forces in the conflict in Yemen to protect children from harm.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Many disabled children in poorer countries left out of primary education
24/Aug/2015 News
An estimated 500,000 children with disabilities are not enrolled in South Africa’s educational system, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Decision of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 6 of 2 April 2003 on the Judicial Practice in Cases of Offences Committed by Minors
Wed, 02/04/2003 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning judicial practice in sentencing children for minor criminal offences in Kyrgyzstan.
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STREET CHILDREN: New guides on street children and the CRC's General Comment
3/Aug/2015 Publication
A guide to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s forthcoming General Comment on children in street situations and a fact sheet about children in street situations, debunking a series of common myths about them, from the Consortium for Street Children.
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Constitutionality of article 127(1)(10) of the Family Code of Russian Federation on account of the complaint lodged by the citizen S. A. Anikiev
Fri, 31/01/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning eligibility to adopt of persons with a criminal record in Russia.
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