Children in conflict with the law

GUYANA: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children
16/Jun/2014 Publication
Our research indicates that in Guyana, people may be lawfully sentenced to life imprisonment and corporal punishment for...
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RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY: CRIN's submission on draft General Comment No. 35 on Article 9 of the ICCPR
29/May/2014 Publication
This submission represents the views of the Child Rights International Network (CRIN) (www.crin.org) on the proposed draft...
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J. v. National Director of Public Prosecutions and Another
Tue, 06/05/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the mandatory inclusion of child offenders' particulars on a sex offenders registry in South Africa.
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State v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Khulna and Others
Tue, 22/07/2008 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the arrest and detention of a child in Bangladesh.
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Fahima Nasrin v. Government of Bangladesh and Others
Wed, 11/02/2009 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the imprisonment of a child who committed an offence at age 16 in Bangladesh.
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PARAGUAY: Juvenile detention guards arrested over death of two teens during riot
6/May/2014 News
According to the forensics report, each teen had been riddled with nine bullets during a riot in which beds had been set on fire in a demand for more TV time.
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DISCRIMINATION: LGBTQ youths detained for status offences twice as often as others
2/May/2014 News
Research has shown that LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system, and once in the system may receive overly harsh punishments because of biases or be placed in isolation in the name of protecting them.   
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TURKEY: Three teens detained for Berkin protest during Children's Day celebration
24/Apr/2014 News
Berkin Elvan was a 15-year-old boy who was shot with a police tear gas canister during last summer's Gezi Park protests and died after 269 days in a coma. 
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Dr Subramanian Swamy & Ors v. Raju Thr. Member Juvenile Justice Board & Anr
Fri, 28/03/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the maximum age at which children can be tried as juveniles rather than as adults in India.
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SYRIA: UN rights chief condemns rampant use of torture by Syrian forces, opposition groups
15/Apr/2014 News
The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the rampant use of torture, including allegedly of children, in detention facilities across Syria by Government forces and some armed opposition groups.
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