Children in conflict with the law

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children
30/Jun/2015 Publication
This report was submitted ahead of the the 72nd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child...
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UNITED KINGDOM: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children
30/Jun/2015 Publication
This report was submitted ahead of the the 72nd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child...
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SINGAPORE: Convicted teenage blogger placed in mental health detention
24/Jun/2015 News
Teenage blogger Lee Kuan Yew, who was convicted of obscenity and insulting Christianity after he posted a video criticising the late leader Lee Kuan Yew, will be detained for two weeks in a mental health institute until a psychiatric assessment is performed, a court has decided.   
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BRAZIL: Organisations call on State to reject bill to lower age of criminal majority
22/Jun/2015 News
Statement by civil society organisations calling on the government of Brazil to refrain from adopting the draft constitutional reform bill proposing to lower the age of criminal majority from 18 to 16 years of age.
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SOMALIA: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children
18/Jun/2015 Publication
This report was submitted ahead of the 24th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as part of our campaign against...
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SINGAPORE: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children
18/Jun/2015 Publication
This report was submitted ahead of the 24th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as part of our campaign against...
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CANADA : La Commission Vérité et Réconciliation qualifie de "génocide culturel" la scolarisation forcée des enfants aborigènes
15/Jun/2015 News
Les Canadiens ont pris conscience du désastre causé par la scolarisation forcée de dizaines de milliers d’Amérindiens et d’Inuits de 1870 à 1970.
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CANADA: Forced schooling of aboriginal children was ‘cultural genocide,’ truth commission finds
9/Jun/2015 News
The findings are part of a report documenting widespread physical, cultural and sexual abuse at government-sponsored residential schools run mostly by churches that Indian, Inuit and other indigenous children were forced to attend. 
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NIGERIA : abandon des poursuites contre une adolescente accusée d'avoir tué son mari
26/May/2015 News
Le parquet nigérian a abandonné mercredi les poursuites contre une adolescente de 15 ans accusée d'avoir empoisonné son mari de plus de vingt ans son aîné avec de la mort aux rats.
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NIGERIA: Child bride murder charges dropped
21/May/2015 News
The 15-year-old girl that has killed her 20 years older husband after a forced marriage will not be prosecuted for murder. 
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