Life imprisonment in various forms is a lawful sentence in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland for offences committed while under the age of 18.
This report was submitted ahead of the 27th session of the Universal Periodic Review...
Since the enactment of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2013 in Jammu and Kashmir, life imprisonment has been abolished as a sentence for children in Jammu and Kashmir, but life imprisonment was reintroduced in the rest of...
[Le 9 septembre 2016] - Après avoir passé trois ans dans le couloir de la mort, Maimuna Abdulmumini a été libérée de la prison de Katsina après de nombreuses batailles juridiques faire valoir...
[09 September 2016] - After spending three years on death row, Maimuna Abdulmumini has now been released from Katsina prison after several legal battles at the national and regional courts to enforce her rights and to secure her freedom.
Maimuna...
CANADA
Title:
Larry Philip Fontaine, et al. v The Attorney General of Canada, et al.
Court:
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Citation:
2014 ONSC 283
Date:
14 January 2014
Case Summary:
Background:
Between the 1860s and 1990s...
Luego de que surgieran reportes en 2014 del abuso sexual sufrido por niño a manos de soldados franceses que participaban de las operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz de la ONU en la República Central Africana, la respuesta de la ONU...
After reports emerged in 2014 of the sexual abuse of children by French soldiers serving in the UN peacekeeping operation in CAR, the UN’s response was evasive. The hierarchy’s over-riding motivation was to punish the official who leaked...
19 de agosto de 2016 - En la entrega del informe periódico a la Convención de los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad en las Naciones Unidas (NNUU), durante dos días en Ginebra, la relatora especial para Bolivia, Silvia...
Canada
Country:
Canada
Title:
R v. Sharpe
Court:
Supreme Court of Canada
Date:
26 January 2001
CRC Provisions:
Article 34: Sexual exploitation
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children...
Когда минимальный возраст защищает или ограничивает права детей? Что подразумевается под свободным и информированным согласием? Как более широкое признание прав детей, а не возрастные пороги могут лучше защитить детей от жестокого обращения? И...
