Harmful traditional practices

ROYAUME-UNI : La justice s’attaque à la lutte contre l’excision
24/Mar/2014 News
La justice britannique annonce des inculpations pour mutilation génitale féminine. Deux hommes, dont un médecin, sont visés après l’excision d’une patiente dans un hôpital londonien. C'est une première, trente ans pourtant après l’entrée en vigueur de la loi criminalisant cette pratique.
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UK: First female genital mutilation prosecutions announced
21/Mar/2014 News
The first UK prosecutions over female genital mutilation have been announced by the Crown Prosecution Service.
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IRAQ: Do not legalise marriage for nine-year-olds, say human rights groups
17/Mar/2014 News
Draft law would be a step backwards for women and children's rights.
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GENITAL AUTONOMY: Experts, religious leaders and activists square off at Council of Europe's circumcision debate
29/Jan/2014 News
The debate in Strasbourg, France at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, included medical experts, religious leaders and genital integrity activists. 
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NORTHERN CYPRUS: State decriminalises homosexuality
29/Jan/2014 News
Turkish Cypriot-controlled northern Cyprus becomes final European state to decriminalise sexual relations between consenting, adult men.
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MAURITANIA: Fatwa bans female genital mutilation
26/Nov/2013 News
Summary: Thirty four Islamic scholars in Mauritania have signed a fatwa, or religious opinion, banning the practice of...
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Assessment of Violence against Children
26/Nov/2013 Publication
Summary: Results of an Initial Desk Review for the UN Secretary General’s Study on Violence against Children, East and...
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DJIBOUTI: Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports
25/Nov/2013 Publication
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow...
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MALE CIRCUMCISION: Nordic Ombudspersons seek ban on non-therapeutic male circumcision
18/Nov/2013 News
Summary: Circumcision without a medical indication on a person unable to provide informed consent conflicts with basic...
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NIGERIA: Campaign launched to end witch-hunting in Cross River State
13/Nov/2013 News
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