Physical abuse

NEW ZEALAND: 'Never again' - the public investigation into historical abuse in state care
15/Aug/2018 Publication
How care leavers in New Zealand pushed the government to conduct an independent investigation into the root causes of systemic failings in the country’s care system.
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D.M.D. v. Romania
Tue, 03/10/2017 - 12:00 Instrument
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Y.G. v. the State
Thu, 19/10/2017 - 12:00 Instrument
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DRC: Improving practices for the demobilisation and reintegration of girls associated with armed forces and armed groups
22/Jun/2017 Publication
The What The Girls Say report puts the spotlight on girl child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and...
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FRANCE: Exploitation case sees slavery criminalised at last
3/May/2017 Publication
A Togolese teenager was held in servitude for four and a half years. Her case lead to criminal penalties for slavery, servitude and forced labour in France for the first time.
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AUSTRALIA: Extent of abuse in Catholic church in Australia revealed - 4,444 victims
6/Feb/2017 News
A royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse released damning statistics on the scale of the crisis within the Catholic Church.
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UNITED STATES: Decriminalising children exploited for prostitution is not 'legalisation'
11/Jan/2017 Publication
The internet has been ablaze over the last few weeks after incendiary comments from California lawmaker Travis Allen about his state 'legalising child prostitution'. Here are a few reasons why he is so wrong.
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ARGENTINA: Juvenile life sentences breached human rights standards
11/Jan/2017 Publication
Five Argentinian children were sentenced to life in prison, suffering grievous ill-treatment and incarceration for years before their cases were heard by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
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RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE : Les victimes présumées d'abus sexuels ont identifié 41 Casques bleus, selon l'enquête de l'ONU
14/Dec/2016 News
Les victimes présumées d'actes d'exploitation et d'abus sexuels commis par des soldats de la paix des contingents burundais et gabonais déployés en République centrafricaine, ont identifié 41 Casques bleus, selon l'enquête menée par le Bureau des services de contrôle interne des Nations Unies (BSCI). Au total 25 mineurs ont affirmé avoir été victimes de violence sexuelle.
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AUSTRALIE : sous le choc de la maltraitance de détenus mineurs
27/Jul/2016 News
Le premier ministre australien, Malcolm Turnbull, a annoncé, mardi 26 juillet, l’ouverture d’une enquête concernant le traitement des mineurs placés en centres de détention après la diffusion lundi soir d’images vidéo montrant notamment des gardiens de prison soumettant des détenus adolescents à des gaz lacrymogènes ou encore attachant à une chaise un garçon encagoulé et à moitié nu.  
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