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COLOMBIA: Obstacles to care for abused, displaced women
19/Nov/2012 Publication
Summary: Colombia’s laws on violence against women are not adequately protecting victims displaced by the armed conflict,...
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UPR: States repeat call for Sri Lanka to protect girls from violence
8/Nov/2012 News
Summary: The review of Sri Lanka during the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) took place on 1 November,...
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UNITED STATES: Religious exemption at some Florida children's homes shields prying eyes
2/Nov/2012 News
Summary: In one case, a Christian military school 'cadet' suffered degrading treatment and was exercised to brink of death...
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CHINA: Teachers in brutal child abuse scandal detained
30/Oct/2012 News
Summary: But the teachers were accused of “stirring up trouble” because China's child-abuse laws only apply to family...
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KYRGYZSTAN: Move to toughen bride-snatching laws gains momentum
23/Oct/2012 News
Summary: Young girls Kyrgyzstan are often told they will become brides as a young woman when a man "will come to get them....
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MONGOLIA: UN expert group concerned about unclear responsibilities between State and business
18/Oct/2012 News
Summary: The UN Working Group in Business and Human Rights has just completed its inaugural visit, to Mongolia....
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TUNISIA: Outrage as woman raped by police is accused
28/Sep/2012 News
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UNITED STATES: Faith healing parents let son die from burst appendix, after they tried to 'pray it away'
24/Sep/2012 News
Summary: Social workers have removed the parents' six other children....
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VENEZUELA: Rights commission urges investigation on alleged massacre of Yanomami community
7/Sep/2012 News
Summary: Illegal miners allegedly attacked communal housing where around 80 members of the Irotatheri Community of the...
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BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Registration opens for inaugural forum
6/Sep/2012 News
Summary: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is inviting relevant stakeholders to...
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