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HOLY SEE: UN Panel on Torture Presses Vatican Envoy on Abuse
6/May/2014 News
Vatican has faced sharp questioning by UN about whether it failed to abide by an international treaty against torture in its response to the sexual abuse of children by priests.
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MALDIVES : un nouveau règlement prévoit la peine de mort pour les enfants
5/May/2014 News
Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme (HCDH) a exprimé mardi sa préoccupation concernant un nouveau règlement aux Maldives sur l'application de la peine de mort, qui met fin à un moratoire de 60 ans dans ce pays.
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Universal Periodic Review - Session 20
Mon, 27/10/2014 - 01:00 Event
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UN strengthens key human rights reporting system
24/Apr/2014 News
The UN General Assembly approves steps to strengthen International Human Rights reporting standards.
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Universal Periodic Review - Session 22
Wed, 01/04/2015 - 01:00 Event
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Universal Periodic Review - Session 21
Thu, 01/01/2015 - 01:00 Event
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CDE : entrée en vigueur du mécanisme de plaintes
15/Apr/2014 News
Le nouveau Protocole facultatif à la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant (CDE) permet aux enfants de porter plainte directement auprès du Comité des droits de l'enfant de l'ONU en cas de violation de leurs droits.
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SYRIA: UN rights chief condemns rampant use of torture by Syrian forces, opposition groups
15/Apr/2014 News
The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the rampant use of torture, including allegedly of children, in detention facilities across Syria by Government forces and some armed opposition groups.
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ARMED CONFLICT: UN envoy details grave violations against children in conflict areas
20/Mar/2014 News
[13 March 2014] – Armed conflicts have intensified recently in Syria and other countries, making such places increasingly...
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ARMED CONFLICT: UN unveils global campaign to end use of child soldiers in Government forces by 2016
18/Mar/2014 News
The United Nations today launched a new initiative to end the recruitment and use of children in Government forces in conflict by 2016, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressing that children should be armed with pens and textbooks, not guns.
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