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PAKISTAN: Police accused of downplaying child sexual abuse scandal
10/Aug/2015 News
Up to 280 girls and boys said to have been filmed being abused in one village, but victims’ parents say police did not act until there was a national uproar.
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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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FOOT : Trafic de mineurs africains vers le Laos
23/Jul/2015 News
Des jeunes footballeurs africains de 14 ans ont été victimes de trafic vers le Laos où  ils vivaient des conditions « déplorables et inquiétantes ». L'Ong Culture Foot Solidaire estime que 15 000  joueurs adolescents sont emmenés hors d'Afrique de l'Ouest chaque année.
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TRAFFICKING: Young African footballers 'trafficked' to Laos
21/Jul/2015 News
Boys from West Africa as young as 14 have been 'trafficked' to an unregistered football academy in Laos, where they are given no salary and made to sleep in 'deplorable' accommodation. One NGO, Culture Foot Solidaire, estimates that 15,000 teenage footballers are moved out of West Africa every year - many of them illegally. 
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HEALTH: Most antipsychotic drugs prescribed to teens without mental health diagnosis, study says
16/Jul/2015 News
Researchers expressed concern about drugs for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia being used on children without these disorders. Also worrying is that few patients undergo therapy alongside their drug treatment. 
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ITALY: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review
20/Apr/2015 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 information'. Also included is the final report and the list of accepted and rejected recommendations.
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ÉDITORIAL : Les droits de l'enfant et la prescription abusive de médicaments
17/Apr/2015 Publication
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CHILE: Víctimas de abusos del clero católico se unen en América Latina
23/Mar/2015 News
Una película aborda la historia de uno de los sacerdotes más influyentes del país para no olvidar y memorizar los abusos sexuales cometidos dentro de la iglesia católica.
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SOUTH SUDAN: Gunmen kidnap at least 89 boys from village near Malakal
23/Feb/2015 News
UNICEF estimates that at least 12,000 children have been taken or recruited in South Sudan’s civil war for use as soldiers last year.       
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SOUDAN DU SUD : Au moins 89 adolescents enlevés
23/Feb/2015 News
Un groupe armé non identifié a kidnappé des dizaines de jeunes, dont certains âgés d'à peine 13 ans, dans la ville de Wau Shilluk, dans le nord du pays, a annoncé l’Unicef.
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