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SAUDI ARABIA: Inhuman Sentencing of Children
22/Oct/2015 Publication
In Saudi Arabia, people may be lawfully sentenced to corporal punishment, life imprisonment and the death penalty for...
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PAKISTAN: Inhuman Sentencing of Children
20/Oct/2015 Publication
People may be lawfully sentenced to corporal punishment, life imprisonment and the death penalty for offences committed...
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IRAN : L’exécution de deux mineurs délinquants en quelques jours vide de son sens la justice pour mineurs
15/Oct/2015 News
Des informations font état de deux exécutions de mineurs en Iran en quelques jours à peine, ce qui met en évidence les profondes défaillances de la justice dans ce pays, a déclaré Amnesty International le 14 octobre.
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PAKISTAN: Man initially arrested as a teenager faces execution
28/Sep/2015 News
Pakistani authorities are set to hang a man who says he was 15 when arrested for a murder he says he did not commit, lawyers have said.
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ARABIE SAOUDITE : exécution imminente d'Ali al-Nimr
24/Sep/2015 News
L'Arabie saoudite pourrait exécuter jeudi 24 septembre Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, un jeune homme de 21 ans, arrêté pour avoir manifesté contre le régime alors qu'il était encore mineur.
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SUDAN: UPR submission on the inhuman sentencing of children
21/Sep/2015 Publication
Our research indicates that there is a lack of clarity in Sudanese law, such that life imprisonment, corporal punishment...
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SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children
18/Sep/2015 Publication
Our research indicates that in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, people may be sentenced to life imprisonment and corporal...
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UN: Children's rights and the Human Rights Committee
28/Aug/2015 Publication
While civil and political rights are recognised specifically for children in the CRC, the review by the Human Rights...
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Groupe de Travail sur les Dossiers Judiciaires Strategiques v. Democratic Republic of Congo
Wed, 20/07/2011 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the imposition of the death penalty on seven child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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INHUMAN SENTENCING: Pakistan hangs Shafqat Hussain despite claim he was a child at time of alleged crime
4/Aug/2015 News
Supporters say Hussain was 14 when he was sentenced to death for the murder of a seven-year-old, after a confession he said was obtained by torture.
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