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HEALTH: Vaccinations compulsory in Croatia
28/Mar/2014 News
Constitutional court upholds requirement that Croatian children be vaccinated for hepatitis, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria and more.
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COLOMBIA: Así se fabrican guerrilleros muertos
27/Mar/2014 News
El escándalo de las ejecuciones extrajudiciales en Colombia y un negocio siniestro dentro del Ejército: los falsos positivos que consisten en secuestrar a jóvenes para asesinarlos, luego vestirlos como guerrilleros y así cobrar recompensas secretas del Gobierno de Álvaro Uribe. 
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COLOMBIA: As peace talks continue, so do human rights abuses and recruitment of children - UN
27/Mar/2014 News
The UN warns that recruitment of children by Colombia’s two main rebel groups continues. Meanwhile the killing of innocent people allegedly at the hands of the army continue to be recorded. 
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HOLY SEE: Pope adds former child victim to new commission on sex abuse cases
26/Mar/2014 News
A new commission that will advise Pope Francis on sex abuse policy within the church includes an Irish psychiatrist who was assaulted by a chaplain when she was 13 years old. But it remains unclear if the commission will deal with the critical issue of disciplining bishops who cover up for abusers. 
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ROYAUME-UNI : La justice s’attaque à la lutte contre l’excision
24/Mar/2014 News
La justice britannique annonce des inculpations pour mutilation génitale féminine. Deux hommes, dont un médecin, sont visés après l’excision d’une patiente dans un hôpital londonien. C'est une première, trente ans pourtant après l’entrée en vigueur de la loi criminalisant cette pratique.
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UK: First female genital mutilation prosecutions announced
21/Mar/2014 News
The first UK prosecutions over female genital mutilation have been announced by the Crown Prosecution Service.
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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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COLOMBIA: NGOs sound alarm on Colombia's child victims of sexual violence and forced prostitution
20/Mar/2014 News
[14 March 2014] - Nearly 50,000 Colombian children, most of them girls, were raped and or sexually abused by warring...
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COLOMBIA: NGOs sound alarm on Colombia's child victims of sexual violence and forced prostitution
20/Mar/2014 News
[14 March 2014] - Nearly 50,000 Colombian children, most of them girls, were raped and or sexually abused by warring...
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MALTA: Lawmakers prohibit all corporal punishment
18/Mar/2014 News
Malta has become the 37th State worldwide and the 25th in Europe to have achieved full prohibition.   
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