Juvenile justice

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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CAMEROUN : Elèves d'une école coranique détenus depuis 6 mois
22/Jun/2015 News
Les autorités camerounaises doivent libérer immédiatement quatre-vingt-quatre enfants – dont certains n’ont que cinq ans – qui sont détenus depuis six mois à la suite de descentes effectuées dans des écoles coraniques de l’extrême nord du pays.
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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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FRANCE: 3 millions d'enfants sous le seuil de pauvreté
11/Jun/2015 News
Plus de 3 millions d'enfants, soit un sur cinq, vivent sous le seuil de pauvreté en France, 30.000 sont sans domicile, 9.000 habitent des bidonvilles et 140.000 décrochent de l'école chaque année, s'alarme l'Unicef dans un rapport publié mardi.
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Kansas v. Dull
Fri, 05/06/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning mandatory lifetime postrelease supervision for juveniles convicted of sex offences in the United States.
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DEATH PENALTY: Rights groups urge Pakistan to call off juvenile execution
8/Jun/2015 News
Shafqat Hussain is expected to be hanged on Tuesday for an offence he 'confessed' to committing after nine days of torture.  
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BRASIL: Repudio a la reforma constitucional de la edad de imputabilidad penal
4/Jun/2015 News
CRIN, junto a Defense International, Human Rights Watch, Terres des Hommes, entre otras organizaciones, le piden al estado brasileño que no avance con el proyecto de rebaja de la edad de imputabilidad penal.
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Lim Hang Seoh v. Public Prosecutor
Tue, 04/10/1977 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the imposition of the death penalty on a 14 year old child in Malaysia.
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Regina v. Debs and Roberts
Wed, 06/04/2005 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the sentencing of a juvenile offender to life imprisonment in Australia.
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