Civil and political rights

CANADA: Forced schooling of aboriginal children was ‘cultural genocide,’ truth commission finds
9/Jun/2015 News
The findings are part of a report documenting widespread physical, cultural and sexual abuse at government-sponsored residential schools run mostly by churches that Indian, Inuit and other indigenous children were forced to attend. 
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R. on the application of Ric Williams by his father and litigation friend Richard Williams v. the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Mon, 11/05/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning a requirement for payment of a fee for an application for citizenship by a destitute child in the United Kingdom.
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GENDER IDENTITY: Being trans in the European Union - Comparative analysis of EU LGBT survey data
2/Jun/2015 Publication
Research conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) found that trans persons face the highest levels of discrimination, harassment and violence amongst LGBT subgroups.  
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EUROPE: ILGA-Europe annual conference on LGBT rights
Wed, 28/10/2015 - 09:00 Event
This year’s Annual Conference takes place in Athens between 28 and 31 October 2015 under the theme Many voices, One...
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MEXICO: La consulta infantil
28/May/2015 News
En las elecciones federales se instalarán casillas para la Consulta Infantil en todo el país para hacer escuchar la opinión de la niñez y la juventud.
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PARTICIPACIÓN: ¡Dejad que los niños voten (o al menos que participen)!
22/May/2015 News
Los niños no tienen derecho a voto, lo que provoca que a menudo la clase política no los tenga en cuenta. Algunos estudios, que apuestan por garantizar este derecho entre los niños, abren el debate sobre su peso en la cosa pública.
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DRUG POLICY: 'Accountability for children and young people at the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs'
19/May/2015 Publication
This paper challenges the current framework for evaluating drug policies, and presents one based on the CRC. The three UN drugs conventions currently fail to prescribe any specific measures for children and young people, and only one of these mentions children explicitly.    
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SUDÁN DEL SUR: ratifica la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño
14/May/2015 News
La nación más joven del mundo se convierte en el estado 195 en adoptar el tratado.
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CAMPAIGNING: Joint letter expressing deep concern over Pakistani death row juvenile
8/May/2015 News
CRIN together with other human rights organisations sent a third letter to Pakistan's Federal Minister for Interior to emphasise the need for a fair and transparent inquiry in line with human right standards.
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CHILE: no tiene una ley de protección de los derechos de la infancia
6/May/2015 News
Chile con Panamá son los dos únicos países de América Latina que no tienen una legislación de protección de los derechos de la infancia, explica la representante especial del secretario general de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Violencia contra los Niños.
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