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COLOMBIA: Free education secured for 12 million children
25/Jan/2016 Publication
Part of a law which allowed the Colombian government to charge for primary education was deemed unconstitutional after a direct challenge against its discriminatory provisions.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in schools
7/Dec/2015 News
Schools in the UK should not be required to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character according reforms proposed by a top-level inquiry into faith in multicultural Britain.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in schools
7/Dec/2015 News
Schools in the UK should not be required to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character according reforms proposed by a top-level inquiry into faith in multicultural Britain.
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UN: Children's rights and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2/Dec/2015 Publication
Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this new report calls on the UN to address the rights of children with disabilities with the same consistency and rigour as adults’ rights. 
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ASIA-PACIFIC: Region facing a ‘hidden epidemic’ of HIV among adolescents, new report finds
1/Dec/2015 News
On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2015, UNICEF, UNAIDS and partners release the report: 'Adolescents: Under the Radar in the Asia-Pacific AIDS Response' .
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Rapport de l'UNICEF : Pour tous les enfants, La promesse de l’équité, L’égalité des chances.
25/Nov/2015 Publication
Il est injuste que les inégalités entre les sociétés et au sein des sociétés commencent à façonner les chances qu’auront de nombreux enfants dans la vie, avant même qu’ils ne voient le jour. Trop souvent, les discriminations et les disparités liées au sexe, au statut économique et social ou au lieu de naissance déterminent si un enfant survivra et s’il aura une chance de s’épanouir.  
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BULGARIA: No more excuses on education for children with mental disabilities
9/Oct/2015 Publication
After discovering that children with mental disabilities were being systematically denied education in Bulgaria, an international NGO submitted a complaint to the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR). The organisation alleged that the Bulgarian government was failing to provide education for up to 3,000 children.  
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APATRIDIE : pas le droit d’avoir des droits
7/Oct/2015 Publication
Contents: Introduction - International law and the special protected status of children - Why are children stateless? -...
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DISCRIMINATION : Roms et droits de l’enfant
7/Oct/2015 Publication
Menu: Introduction | How are Roma discriminated against? | Roma children | Opportunities for redress and advocacy |...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Many disabled children in poorer countries left out of primary education
24/Aug/2015 News
An estimated 500,000 children with disabilities are not enrolled in South Africa’s educational system, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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