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RUSSIA: Children with disabilities face violence and neglect
15/Sep/2014 News
Human Rights Watch urges authorities to end 'orphanage' system and to prioritise support for children with disabilities to live with their families or in other family settings.
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TANZANIA: UN criticises government for segregating children with albinism
29/Aug/2014 News
Tanzania’s practice of rounding up children with albinism into government care centres criticised by UN.
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USA: Medication for foster children under new scrutiny, say doctors
26/Aug/2014 News
Investigation reveals that 1 out of 4 adolescents in California’s foster care system has received prescribed psychiatric drugs over the last decade.
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APPEL À CONTRIBUTIONS : L'investissement dans les droits de l'enfant
Fri, 03/10/2014 - 17:00 Event
Le Haut Commissariat aux droits de l'homme reçoit les contributions de la société civile pour le rapport de sa session de Mars 2015, qui aura pour thème : « Vers un meilleur investissement dans les droits de l'enfant ».
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: OHCHR's report on investment in children
Tue, 26/08/2014 - 17:00 Event
OHCHR is inviting contributions for the March 2015 session of the Human Rights Council on the theme:"Towards a better investment in the rights of the child".
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SPAIN: UN condemns state for negligence in murder of seven-year-old girl
7/Aug/2014 News
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) rules that negligence by authorities led to girl's murder by her father.
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Nencheva v. Bulgaria
Tue, 18/06/2013 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning deaths of children in institutional care in Bulgaria.
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Special Appeal against the Decision that Rejected the Appeal of the Judgment Dividing Property for Inheritance
Wed, 04/09/2013 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning inheritance rights of children born out of wedlock in Japan (2013).
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AAG v. Estate of AAH
Thu, 19/11/2009 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning whether children born out of wedlock are entitled to claim maintenance from the estate of a deceased parent in Singapore.
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Labassee v. France
Thu, 26/06/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the birth registration in France of a child born through a surrogacy agreement abroad
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