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MACEDONIA: State prohibits all corporal punishment of children
25/Feb/2014 News
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has become the 36th State to ban all forms of corporal punishment of children in all settings, including the home. 
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CORÉE DU NORD : une commission de l'ONU réclame la saisine de la Cour pénale internationale
21/Feb/2014 News
[Le 17 février 2014] - De multiples crimes contre l'humanité, découlant de politiques établies au plus haut sommet de l...
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NORTH KOREA: UN-mandated human rights inquiry documents 'widespread, systematic abuses'
18/Feb/2014 News
A UN-mandated report documents a grim array of human rights abuses in North Korea and calls for urgent action, including referrals to the International Criminal Court.
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DR CONGO: Warlord Ntaganda tried for ethnic crimes and using child soldiers
12/Feb/2014 News
Former warlord Bosco Ntaganda played a “key role” in ethnic crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, using child soldiers and capturing sex slaves for his rebel army, the International Criminal Court has heard.
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Commentary: No Jurisdiction of the Holy See over the Catholic Church?
10/Feb/2014 News
This commentary notes how the Holy See has disregarded the rights of victims of sexual abuse by clerics and its mandatory reporting duties to UN bodies, and has been written to coincide with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's recent review of the Holy See.
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OPT: Palestinian Children in Israeli Military Custody Face Physical Violence
6/Feb/2014 News
Three in four Palestinian children detained by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank last year endured physical violence during arrest and interrogation, according to Defence for Children International Palestine research.
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HOLY SEE: UN rebukes State on child sexual abuse
5/Feb/2014 News
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has released its concluding observations on the Holy See’s review.  
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AUSTRALIA: Toddlers were punched and flogged by Salvation Army carers, Royal Commission hears
29/Jan/2014 News
Children as young as four were punched, kicked and flogged by staff at Salvation Army homes. 
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SLOVAKIA: Government approves a new strategy to protect children from violence
24/Jan/2014 News
A new strategy has been approved by the Slovakian state government for tackling violence against children across the country.  
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Off the Books: Legal reform for Europe's Parliaments on banning corporal punishment
4/Dec/2013 Publication
Summary: In every nation in Europe it is illegal to hit people. Children are people too, yet in two thirds of Council of...
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