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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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Debaten la inclusión de indicadores de justicia y violencia en la agenda post-2015
30/Jan/2014 News
Representantes gubernamentales, académicos y organizaciones latinoamericanas han debatido en Río de Janeiro acerca de los...
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GENITAL AUTONOMY: Experts, religious leaders and activists square off at Council of Europe's circumcision debate
29/Jan/2014 News
The debate in Strasbourg, France at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, included medical experts, religious leaders and genital integrity activists. 
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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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AUSTRALIA: Toddlers were punched and flogged by Salvation Army carers, Royal Commission hears
29/Jan/2014 News
Children as young as four were punched, kicked and flogged by staff at Salvation Army homes. 
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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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UNITED KINGDOM: ‘Half measures’ for child trafficking victims criticised
28/Jan/2014 News
ECPAT UK warns personal advocate system for child victims of trafficking will lack the legal authority to make a real difference.
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