Article 6: Survival and development

TRAFFICKING: Research points to serious mental health impact on trafficked children
9/Sep/2015 News
Children as young as 10 have attempted suicide or suffered serious mental health problems after being trafficked as sex slaves or forced labourers, researchers said yesterday.
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DISCRIMINATION: Youth curfews and children's rights
8/Sep/2015 Publication
Summertime for children is not just about having time off school, staying up late and playing outside; it also comes with...
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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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РУКОВОДЯЩИЕ ПРИНЦИПЫ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ОБЪЕДИНЕННЫХ НАЦИЙ ДЛЯ ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЯ ПРЕСТУПНОСТИ СРЕДИ НЕСОВЕРШЕННОЛЕТНИХ
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Также известны как Эр-Риядские Руководящие Принципы, принятые Резолюцией Геренальной Ассамблеи ООН 45/112 от 14 декабря 1990 года  
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UNITED STATES: America’s youth file landmark climate lawsuit
13/Aug/2015 News
Yesterday, on International Youth Day, 21 young people filed a landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit against the federal government in the US.
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SENEGAL: First steps taken to eradicate forced child begging in Quranic schools
7/Aug/2015 Publication
A committee of African human rights experts agreed that Senegal must work to stop children in Quranic schools being forced to beg for food and money after two postgraduate students compiled a complaint on behalf of the exploited children.
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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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MEXICO: Authorities fail to protect children & adults with disabilities from torture, trafficking & segregation
23/Jul/2015 Publication
This report by Disability Rights International focuses on an institution for children and adults with disabilities where sexual abuse, sterilisation, trafficking, inadequate medical care and degrading living conditions are rampant. Yet authorities allow such a place to continue operating without interference. 
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IRAN : Saman Naseem pourrait bénéficier d'un nouveau procès
17/Jul/2015 News
Saman Naseem, condamné à mort en 2013 sur la base de déclarations extorquées sous la torture, avait été transféré à la veille de sa date d'exécution. Son sort était depuis inconnu. On sait aujourd'hui qu'il est toujours en vie, et il pourrait bénéficier d'un nouveau procès.
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