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EUROPE: Protection gaps risk exposing children with disabilities to abuse
4/Dec/2015 Publication
Boys and girls with disabilities are more likely to be victims of physical and sexual violence, and neglect, than those without disabilities.
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SWAZILAND: Inhuman sentencing of children
4/Dec/2015 Publication
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UN: Children's rights and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2/Dec/2015 Publication
Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this new report calls on the UN to address the rights of children with disabilities with the same consistency and rigour as adults’ rights. 
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SAUDI ARABIA: More than 50 people, including several arrested as children, will reportedly be executed soon
30/Nov/2015 News
Saudi Arabia allegedly plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, including two sentenced as children, two Saudi newspapers reported this week.
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ÉTATS-UNIS : Les soldats américains surtout incarcérés pour crimes sexuels contre des enfants
26/Nov/2015 News
Les soldats incarcérés dans les prisons de l'armée américaine le sont majoritairement pour avoir commis des crimes sexuels contre des enfants, démontre une enquête réalisée par l'Associated Press.
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MALDIVES: Inhuman sentencing of children
26/Nov/2015 Publication
Corporal punishment and the death penalty are lawful penalties for offences committed by children in the Maldives.
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UN: More than 150 NGOs press States at UN on protections for human rights defenders
24/Nov/2015 News
In this joint letter more than 150 NGOs from around the world call on States at UN to reject attempts to weaken protection of human rights defenders. 
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IRAN: Inhuman sentencing of children
16/Nov/2015 Publication
The Islamic Penal Code 2013 came into force in May 2013. The new legislation amends the law with regards to the death penalty, life imprisonment and corporal punishment, but these forms of sentencing remain lawful for offences committed by children.
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SAUDI ARABIA: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children
28/Oct/2015 Publication
This report was submitted ahead of the 73rd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child as...
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SAUDI ARABIA: Inhuman Sentencing of Children
22/Oct/2015 Publication
In Saudi Arabia, people may be lawfully sentenced to corporal punishment, life imprisonment and the death penalty for...
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