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UNITED STATES: Supreme Court rejects Nestle bid to throw out child slavery suit
12/Jan/2016 News
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid by Nestle SA and two other companies to throw out a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for the use of child slaves in Ivory Coast.
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BANGLADESH: Inhuman sentencing of children
12/Jan/2016 Publication
The Children’s Act 2013 has substantially amended much of the relevant legislation on the criminal sentencing of children,...
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Children rights behind bars: Human Rights of children deprived of liberty – Improving monitoring mechanisms
Mon, 15/02/2016 - 09:45 Event
Defence for Children International (DCI)-Belgium is glad to invite you to the European Final Conference “CHILDREN’S RIGHTS...
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R v. Mndzebele
Wed, 25/11/2009 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning a juvenile accused of rape in Swaziland.
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ZAMBIE : Un chanteur violeur devient ambassadeur pour les droits des femmes
7/Jan/2016 News
Grâcié en juillet 2015 après un an de prison alors qu’il purgeait une peine de 18 ans pour le viol d’une jeune fille de 14 ans, le chanteur Clifford Dimba, alias, Général Kanene, a malgré tout eu le droit aux honneurs. Le président zambien Edgar Lungu l’a nommé en décembre 2015 ambassadeur pour les droits des femmes et des enfants, contre la violence sexiste.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UN peacekeepers face new allegations of sexually abusing children
6/Jan/2016 News
UN peacekeepers are facing new allegations of sexual abuse in the Central African Republic involving four young girls, according to the UN spokesman.
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Tone v. Tonga
Mon, 28/06/2004 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning juvenile justice in Tonga.
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GAMBIE : Le parlement criminalise l‘excision
4/Jan/2016 News
L’Assemblée nationale de Gambie a approuvé un projet de loi criminalisant les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF) ou excision.
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ONU : Résumé du rapport sur les abus sexuels par les casques bleus
24/Dec/2015 News
Ce rapport, très attendu, vient d’être mis en ligne et se penche sur la réponse apportée par les Nations unies après la découverte des abus sexuels commis sur des enfants par des casques bleus.  
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ZAMBIA: UN experts dismayed by presidential pardon of convicted rapist and his appointment as GBV ambassador
23/Dec/2015 News
Two UN human rights experts have urged the Zambian Government to end the impunity of Zambian singer Clifford Dimba, convicted in 2014 for the rape of a 14-year-old girl and later made an ambassador on gender-based violence.
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