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HOLY SEE: Notes from the UN Committee Against Torture’s review
19/May/2014 News
In May 2014 the UNCAT reviewed the Holy See, and asked detailed questions about child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Read the “unofficial minutes” produced by the World Organization Against Torture and CRIN.
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Uday Gupta v. Aysha & Anr.
Mon, 21/04/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the legitimacy of children of de facto relationships in India.
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J. v. National Director of Public Prosecutions and Another
Tue, 06/05/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the mandatory inclusion of child offenders' particulars on a sex offenders registry in South Africa.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Children witnessing ‘sheer brutality,’ says senior UN official
14/May/2014 News
UNICEF urges international community to ‘stand up’ and help end the "forgotten" crisis as soon as possible.
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UNITED STATES: Court to review prosecution of Catholic church official
12/May/2014 News
Pennsylvania's highest court will review the long-debated prosecution of a Roman Catholic church official who was tried, imprisoned and then freed over his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints.
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NIGERIA: How to help in efforts to bring back kidnapped Nigerian girls
8/May/2014 News
Global outrage at the kidnapping has shown a widespread interest by regular people looking to help the girls, or help prevent another tragedy.
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PARAGUAY: Juvenile detention guards arrested over death of two teens during riot
6/May/2014 News
According to the forensics report, each teen had been riddled with nine bullets during a riot in which beds had been set on fire in a demand for more TV time.
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BAHRAIN: 176 children detained as a result of security events
6/May/2014 News
Local authorities have accused these children of charges related to the political situation in the country and especially during the recent escalation of protests in Bahrain. 
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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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NIGERIA: Boko Haram 'to sell' Nigeria girls abducted from Chibok
6/May/2014 News
Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram has threatened to "sell" the hundreds of schoolgirls it abducted three weeks ago.
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