Civil and political rights

CHILE: Priest probed after 'stolen babies' scandal
15/Aug/2014 News
Judge bars a Catholic priest from leaving the country over claims he had pressured single women to give up their babies for adoption.
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AUSTRALIA: Anonymous NGO workers condemn 'systematic' rights violations at detention centre
15/Aug/2014 News
Save the Children workers at Australian-run immigration detention camps on Nauru describe numerous cases of abuse.
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Liberté d'association
13/Aug/2014 Guide Section
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HEALTH: Study shows that forcing children to stick to gender roles is harmful to their health
8/Aug/2014 News
Raising children in societies with fixed ideas about “masculine” and “feminine” roles can be detrimental to their physical and mental health, according to a study.
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On Compliance of Section 156 of the Civil Law with Article 92 and Article 96 of the Constitution and Article 4 of the European Convention of the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock
Wed, 03/06/2009 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the conditions for contesting paternity in Latvia.
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USA: Inquiry finds a ‘culture of violence’ against teenage inmates at New York's Rikers Island
5/Aug/2014 News
Inquiry finds that the civil rights of male teenagers were violated and that there was no protection given to the boys from the rampant use of unnecessary and excessive force by correction officers.
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S.M.C. NO. 1 of 2014 and others
Thu, 19/06/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the right to freedom of religion for religious minorities in Pakistan.
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INDIA: Child Rights Commission in the state of Goa tells school to re-admit HIV positive children
24/Jul/2014 News
The 13 HIV positive students admitted from nearby Goan orphanage were told to leave the school after protests from parents of other schoolchildren.
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DISCRIMINATION: Schoolboy in New Zealand made to wash dishes for opting out of Religious Education class
23/Jul/2014 News
Incident has prompted the boy's mother to ask for a public review of religion in schools.
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EDUCATION: School suspensions violate children's human rights, say experts
11/Jul/2014 News
Academics say that the way teachers discipline children may breach the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 
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