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EGYPT: Six-hundred children locked up for months in unofficial police camp
19/Dec/2014 News
The children are being held on political charges, and being denied medical treatment, in a detention centre which Ministry of the Interior denies the existence of. 
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PAKISTAN: Man tortured into manslaughter ‘confession’ at 15 among those set for execution
18/Dec/2014 News
Shafqat Hussain is among a group of prisoners in Pakistan facing imminent execution.
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Rex v. Malefetsane Mohlomi, Khenene Mphutlane, Tsepo Ketseletso, Khotsang Hlapane
Thu, 14/03/2013 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning juvenile justice in Lesotho.
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IRAN: Alleged juvenile offender among ten hunger strikers threatened with immediate execution
17/Dec/2014 News
Saman Naseem was 17 years old at the time of his alleged offence. He says he has been tortured in detention and forced to “confess”.
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Miller v. Alabama; Jackson v. Ray Hobbs
Mon, 25/06/2012 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning mandatory life without parole sentences for juvenile offenders in the United States.
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The Republic v. Utimawa Rineta
Mon, 20/11/2006 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning sentencing of a juvenile offender in Kiribati.
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Reports of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association
24/Nov/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights...
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Call for UN study on children deprived of liberty
4/Nov/2014 News
In March 2014 a number of civil society organisations - including CRIN - launched a campaign to call for a UN Global Study...
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R v. Valu
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the imprisonment of a child offender "as a measure of last resort" in Tonga.
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UNITED STATES: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children
1/Oct/2014 Publication
Our research indicates that people can be sentenced to life imprisonment and life imprisonment without the possibility of...
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