Article 6: Survival and development

Canadian Journal of Children's Rights: Newsletter version issue 1
21/Apr/2015 Publication
CJCR is an academic, peer-reviewed journal which aims to encourage a deeper understanding of the rights of children. It...
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GUATEMALA: Almost 800 plaintiffs bring billion-dollar lawsuit over deliberate infection of STDs
15/Apr/2015 News
The lawsuit seeks damages for individuals, spouses and children of people deliberately infected with STDs through a secretive and non-consensual US government programme. 
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Global newsletter #30
15/Apr/2015 News
Read the latest edition of the quarterly global newsletter by the Global Initiative to End All Corporpal Punishment of Children featuring recent develpments, advocacy resources and updates from the UN.
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PAKISTAN: Government investigators hide death-row man’s records
14/Apr/2015 News
Pakistani government investigators have confiscated and tampered with evidence relating to the case of Shafqat Hussain, whose recent stay of execution is due to expire this week.
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TAJIKISTAN: Increasing number of children left behind by parents looking for work abroad
13/Apr/2015 News
Many children grow up in orphanages after more and more mothers also leave them in the search for work. 
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AFGHANISTAN: Four children dead in latest deadly bombing
7/Apr/2015 News
[2 April 2015] – The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan has condemned “in the strongest terms” today’s deadly...
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ESPAÑA: Casi la mitad de los niños andaluces sufren exclusión social
1/Apr/2015 News
Uno de cada tres jóvenes ni estudia ni trabaja - el doble de la media europea, según un informe de Save the Children.
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NIGERIA: Boko Haram secuestra a cientos de niños y maestros
1/Apr/2015 News
Mientras el país se prepara para las elecciones presidenciales, el grupo fundamentalista ha prometido que las impedirá mediante la violencia.
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LEGAL TOOLKIT: Trial defense guidelines for youth facing life sentences in the USA
31/Mar/2015 Publication
These guidelines for trial defense for children facing life sentencing has been released by the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth to establish a standard in effective legal representation of children. 
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