Article 5: Parental guidance and the childs evolving capacities

SOUTH AFRICA: Teenagers no longer prosecuted for kissing or consensual sex
20/Jul/2015 Publication
A law that criminalised sexual activity between consenting adolescents in South Africa - even for kissing and cuddling - and required them to be put on a sex offenders register was struck down as unconstitutional after a challenge from the Centre for Child Law. CRIN looks at the issue in this case study.
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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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DRUG POLICY: 'Accountability for children and young people at the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs'
19/May/2015 Publication
This paper challenges the current framework for evaluating drug policies, and presents one based on the CRC. The three UN drugs conventions currently fail to prescribe any specific measures for children and young people, and only one of these mentions children explicitly.    
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Flavio Ugenin Hernández Márquez y otro con Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles
Mon, 22/12/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the distribution of a children's book presenting same-sex parenting in Chile.
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Constitutionality of part 1 of article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation in relation to the complaint lodged by citizens Alexeev N. A., Evtuschenko Y.N. and Isakov D.A.
Tue, 23/09/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the constitutionality of a law limiting children's access to information in Russia.
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CASTIGO FÍSICO: ¿Qué países permiten los castigos corporales a niños?
6/Mar/2015 News
En 20 países europeos los castigos corporales a los niños siguen siendo permitidos, y en América Latina sólo ocho países han incorporado explicítamente la prohibición de los castigos físicos en su legislación.
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COLOMBIA: Estos reinados no están lejos de delitos como pornografía y abuso
23/Jan/2015 News
Expertos de organizaciones que trabajan por la infancia rechazan concursos como Miss Tanguita.
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Convention des Nations unies relative aux droits de l'enfant
Fri, 19/12/2014 - 12:30 Instrument
Adoptée et ouverte à la signature, ratification et adhésion par l'Assemblée générale dans sa résolution 44/25 du 20 novembre 1989. Entrée en vigueur le 2 septembre 1990, conformément à l'article 49.
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Directives de l'ONU pour la prévention de la délinquance juvénile (Principes directeurs de Riyad)
Tue, 25/11/2014 - 17:45 Instrument
Egalement appelés les « Principes de Riyad », adoptés et proclamés par l'Assemblée générale dans sa résolution 45/112 du 14 décembre 1990
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Reports of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
24/Nov/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
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