Article 41: Respect for higher standards

AUSTRALIA: High Court grants injunction over asylum seeker boat
7/Jul/2014 News
High Court prevents the return of 153 asylum seekers, including children, to Sri Lankan authorities over concerns about their safety.  
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ASYLUM: UN agency calls for end to detention of asylum-seekers and refugees
7/Jul/2014 News
UNHCR concerned at lasting physical and psychological impacts on children placed in detention facilities upon arrival to new country.
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USA: Pharmaceutical company found guilty of misleading families on unapproved drugs
7/Jul/2014 News
Drugs manufacturer also bribed doctors into prescribing unapproved drugs to children.
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DEATH PENALTY: UN Secretary-General declares that ‘death penalty has no place in 21st century'
3/Jul/2014 News
UN chief expresses concern about legislation in 14 countries that permits the death penalty for children.
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ARMED CONFLICT: Child rights being violated in conflict situations with total impunity, says UN official
2/Jul/2014 News
UN Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict shows children were recruited and used, killed and maimed, victims of sexual violence and other grave violations in 23 country situations in 2013.
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USA: Victory for LGBTI children after Supreme Court ruling on California law
1/Jul/2014 News
US Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a California law that bans “conversion therapy” aimed at changing the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian minors.
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PRIVACY: How 'over-sharenting' can harm your children
1/Jul/2014 News
An article about parents sharing information about their children on-line and children's right to privacy.
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AUSTRALIA: Catholic Bishop charged with child sex abuse
30/Jun/2014 News
Bishop Max Davis is believed to be the most senior clergyman in the Catholic Church, and the first bishop, to be charged with a child sex offence.  
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SYRIA: Up to 186 Kurdish students kidnapped by Isis in northern Syria
27/Jun/2014 News
 Teenagers abducted from bus while travelling from Kobani to Aleppo to take exams.
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IRAN: Execution of juvenile offenders breaches international law, says UN human rights chief
26/Jun/2014 News
Navi Pillay expresses concern about large number of executions since beginning of 2014, and calls on Iran's authorities to halt the imminent execution of a juvenile offender.
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