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UNITED KINGDOM: Police treatment of 17-year-old suspects challenged in high court
19 Nov 2012 News
Summary: The treatment of 17-year-old suspects in police stations could be transformed if a legal challenge against the...
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FRANCE: Appeals court reopens case of teens' electrocution linked to 2005 riots
7 Nov 2012 News
Summary: France's appeals court opens way to trial of police accused of failing two boys who died at Clichy-sous-Bois...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Family courts 'ignoring needs of domestic violence victims'
7 Nov 2012 News
Summary: Report finds women are frequently put in unsafe positions during proceedings, while children's safety is also...
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CAMBODIA: Opening the door to juvenile justice reform
24 Oct 2012 News
Summary: NGOs push to end the human-rights suffering of children caught in the country's judicial system. ...
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SYRIA: Children tortured, traumatised, scarred in war
25 Sep 2012 News
Summary: In the bleak, windswept landscape of the rapidly swelling Za'atari camp in Jordan, child refugees are struggling...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Magistrates were told to send rioters to crown court, emails show
17 Sep 2012 News
Summary: Emails sent to justices' clerks after August riots raise questions about judicial independence and the use of...
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AFGHANISTAN: Teenage suicide bomber kills six
11 Sep 2012 News
Summary: Four other children are among the dead as it is revealed boy posed as a street seller to evade heavy security. ...
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NORWAY: Anders Breivik sentenced for the killing of 77 people, including 34 teenagers
24 Aug 2012 News
Summary: The confessed killer has been sentenced to a maximum prison sentence of 21 years, but Breivik could be sentenced...
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COSTA RICA: Sex education is a sign of a more just and equal society
24 Jul 2012 News
Summary: Juan Camilo Saldarriaga, 20, of San José, Costa Rica, says young people deserve better services and stronger...
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UNITED STATES: Iowa governor defies US supreme court on juvenile sentencing
24 Jul 2012 News
Summary: Defence lawyers outraged after governor responds to ban on mandatory life sentences by commuting them to 60 years...
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