Article 7: Name and nationality

NORWAY: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review
30/Sep/2014 Publication
A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholder's Information'. Once the 'recommendations' have been accepted or rejected by the State, these will subsequently be published here.
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HONG KONG: Hundreds of high-school students step up protests
29/Sep/2014 News
School students among thousands who are supporting a pro-democracy campaign.
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USA: Huge family detention centre to open in Texas for undocumented migrants
15/Sep/2014 News
Federal officials are due to open a huge family detention centre in southern Texas that will house immigrant adults with children while they await deportation.
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HONDURAS: Child rights advocate believes root cause of child migration to USA not addressed
11/Sep/2014 News
Child rights defender believes that American and Honduran political leaders only concerned with border security instead of addressing the root causes of migration.
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UKRAINE: A troubled return to school for displaced children
4/Sep/2014 News
Families forced out of their homes by conflict try to resume life in unfamiliar surroundings.
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AUSTRALIA: Six-year-old detained asylum seeker takes her case to Supreme Court
29/Aug/2014 News
Rare class action against government concerning the treatment of injured detainees being held in detention centres. 
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UKRAINE: Rocket fire kills 'dozens' of refugees, including children
21/Aug/2014 News
Convoy of buses carrying civilians fleeing the fighting in eastern Ukraine hit by rocket fire.
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GAZA: More civilians, including children, killed by Israeli strikes since truce collapsed
20/Aug/2014 News
In six weeks of Israeli bombardment, the total Palestinian death toll is now over 2,040, with an additional 10,200 injuries.
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GAZA: True cost to family life by Israel's bombing
8/Aug/2014 News
Infographic created by NGO, B'Tselem, details members of families killed in 36 incidents in Gaza where civilian homes were bombed or shelled.
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