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GAMBIA: Children join millions to vote for 2014 'Child Rights Hero'
13/Feb/2014 News
Children in The Gambia have joined millions around the world to vote for the 2014 ‘Child Rights Hero’ that pits Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai, who fights for girls’ right to education and was shot by the Taliban as a result; John Wood from the USA, who for over 15 years has given millions of children in 10 countries access to libraries and education; and Indira Ranamagar, for her 20-year struggle for children of prisoners in Nepal.  
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USA: Executions are suspended by Governor in Washington
12/Feb/2014 News
Death penalty gets suspended in Washington by the state governor, in a move to engage officials to "join a growing national conversation about capital punishment."
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DR CONGO: Warlord Ntaganda tried for ethnic crimes and using child soldiers
12/Feb/2014 News
Former warlord Bosco Ntaganda played a “key role” in ethnic crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, using child soldiers and capturing sex slaves for his rebel army, the International Criminal Court has heard.
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Commentary: No Jurisdiction of the Holy See over the Catholic Church?
10/Feb/2014 News
This commentary notes how the Holy See has disregarded the rights of victims of sexual abuse by clerics and its mandatory reporting duties to UN bodies, and has been written to coincide with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's recent review of the Holy See.
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JUVENILE JUSTICE: Australia's tough new youth crime laws spark plea for UN intervention
6/Feb/2014 News
New juvenile crime laws in the state of Queensland are described as violations of Australia's human rights obligations, leading to calls for UN intervention. 
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HOLY SEE: UN rebukes State on child sexual abuse
5/Feb/2014 News
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has released its concluding observations on the Holy See’s review.  
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SYRIA: 'Unspeakable horrors' for children, UN report
4/Feb/2014 News
The Secretary-General's report is the first from the UN on the civil war's effects on children. 
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UNITED KINGDOM: Lawyers seek US-style damages for abuse at public schools
3/Feb/2014 News
A firm of top international lawyers says it intends seeking huge damages from British public schools where former pupils have suffered serious sexual abuse by teachers.
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NORTHERN CYPRUS: State decriminalises homosexuality
29/Jan/2014 News
Turkish Cypriot-controlled northern Cyprus becomes final European state to decriminalise sexual relations between consenting, adult men.
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PAKISTAN: Progress on Child Rights Protection Mechanism in Sindh province
29/Jan/2014 News
Pakistan's long-awaited Sindh Child Protection Authority Act will be made operational in a few days as social activists and the social welfare ministry have inched closer to finalising its rules and regulations.
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