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Commonwealth v. Brown
Tue, 24/12/2013 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning sentencing of juvenile offenders in Massachusetts in the United States.
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Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District, et al.
Tue, 24/12/2013 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the constitutionality of mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders in Massachusetts in the United States.
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PAKISTAN: Execution scheduled for man tortured into manslaughter ‘confession’ at 14
12/Mar/2015 News
After the first execution has been suspended due to internationl pressure, Shafqat Hussain has now been handed another execution warrent.
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NIGERIA: Child brides facing death sentences a decade after child marriage prohibited
11/Mar/2015 News
Ten years after underage marriage was prohibited, 39 percent of girls are married before age 15, and two remain on death row for killing much older husbands.      
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ITALY: Scores of migrant boat children sent to care facilities, but hundreds still waiting
6/Mar/2015 News
More than 700 unaccompanied children are still living in initial reception facilities in Italy while they wait to be placed in children’s homes.
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PAKISTAN: Man sentenced to death at the age of 16 due to be executed in Karachi
4/Mar/2015 News
Muhammad Afzal, who spent 16 years in prison after receiveing his death sentence in 1999 by an anti-terrorism court, will be hanged on 05 March 2015. 
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Shoruq Organisation
4/Mar/2015 Organisation
Shoruq Organisation (Shoruq) was founded in 2012 in Dheisheh Refugee Camp and is run by and for refugees. Shoruq’s vision,...
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الاطفال اللاجئون في خلاف مع القانون في محافظة بيت لحم
26/Feb/2015 Publication
دراسة مشتركة قامت بها الشبكة الدولية لحقوق الطفل-كرين ومؤسسة شروق حول الاطفال اللاجئين في نزاع مع القانون في محافظة بيت لحم
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Refugee children in conflict with the law in Bethlehem
26/Feb/2015 Publication
Joint CRIN-Shoruq study on refugee children in conflict with the law in Bethlehem.
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Masinga v. Rex
Fri, 30/11/2012 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for a child offender in Swaziland.
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