CRIN has collected worrying evidence that a growing number of States in all regions, far from fullfilling their legal obligations to respect the rights of all children, are moving backwards in their approach to juvenile justice and criminalising...
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El acceso de los niños a la justicia requiere que todos ellos puedan participar plenamente en los procedimientos judiciales, independiente de cómo entren en contacto con la ley. En general, la idea es que los ni...
Summary: In the latest incident, 16-year-old boy was fatally shot seven times in the back. [18 October 2012] - The United States has used excessive force against immigrants along the Mexican border and should cooperate in investigating border...
Reports of torture and ill-treatment have risen sharply in Mexico during the militarised campaign of President Calderon’s administration to combat organised crime. The victims are often criminal suspects or simply people caught up in...
Summary: Fuyant souvent les violences, domestiques ou de gangs, des milliers d'enfants du Salvador, du Honduras ou du Guatemala restent bloqués à la porte du rêve américain.[San Salvador, le 02 octobre 2012] - Pour de nombreux enfants sans...
To educate the public, the bar (lawyers), and the judiciary (judges) about the harm caused by all forms of childhood genital cutting, including female genital cutting (also known as female genital mutilation or FGM), male genital cutting (also known...
Summary: ALERT US: If you are aware of draft laws to restrict civil society activities or existing restrictions not listed below, email us at [email protected].
The role of children's rights advocates depends on the freedom to speak out...
[22 August 2012] - Adherents of a religious sect in western Mexico are physically blocking school teachers from entering their walled community, setting up one of the most high-profile confrontations between religious and civil authorities in...
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child...
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MEXICO
Title:
Guardería ABC (Unadopted opinion of Justice Zaldívar)
Court:
Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico
Date:
August 6, 2009
CRC Provisions:
Article 3: Best interests of the child...
