Children in vulnerable situations

EUROPE : Pourquoi l'Europe continue-t-elle à enfermer les enfants ?
7/Mar/2016 News
Le Conseil de l'Europe met en garde contre les effets négatifs à long terme de la rétention, sur la santé mentale, le développement, l'apprentissage et le fonctionnement social des enfants. Il appelle les 47 États membres à tout faire pour l'éviter, en changeant les lois, en mettant systématiquement en avant l'intérêt supérieur de l'enfant.
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C.N. and V. v. France
Thu, 11/10/2012 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning two children held in domestic servitude in France.
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RWANDA: MPs to change law on capacity to help children access justice
2/Mar/2016 News
Children in Rwanda may soon gain direct access to justice much younger once an amendment to harmonise disparities in the country's different minimum ages is passed.  
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Pollock v. Pollock
Tue, 01/09/1998 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning a parent's ability to consent to wiretapping on behalf of a child in the United States.
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Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) and another v. Bangladesh
Tue, 02/03/2010 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning a 14-year-old boy sentenced to mandatory death penalty in Bangladesh.
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MIGRATION: CRIN submission for the General Comment on the human rights of children in the context of int'l migration
25/Feb/2016 Publication
This submission draws attention to neglected areas of child migrants’ rights, including their right to work, detention and criminalisation, discriminatory language used to refer to migrant children, and access to justice. 
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Rutherford v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Wed, 27/01/2016 - 00:00 Case Law
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EUROPE : Les Défenseurs européens des enfants sonnent l’alarme au sujet des dangers inacceptables rencontrés par les enfants migrants
10/Feb/2016 News
La sécurité des enfants réfugiés est gravement mise en danger pendant leur voyage vers et à travers l'Europe. Ils risquent la mort, la maladie, la traite, la séparation des parents, l'extorsion de fonds, l'exploitation et les abus. Les pays et les institutions européennes ne parviennent pas à protéger les enfants migrants, selon les conclusions du Groupe de travail.  
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Ye and Qui v. Minister of Immigration
Mon, 20/07/2009 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the best interestss of the child in immigration matters in New Zealand.
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HOLY SEE: Critic of Vatican refuses to step down from sex abuse commission
8/Feb/2016 News
A prominent and outspoken British member of a papal advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy on Saturday refused to step down despite a no-confidence vote, and said only Pope Francis could dismiss him.
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