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BRAZIL: Organisations call on State to reject bill to lower age of criminal majority
22/Jun/2015 News
Statement by civil society organisations calling on the government of Brazil to refrain from adopting the draft constitutional reform bill proposing to lower the age of criminal majority from 18 to 16 years of age.
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Deadline for submissions to the 55th session of the Committee Against Torture
Mon, 13/07/2015 - 09:00 Event
The deadline for NGO submissions to the CAT for the 55th session considering state party reports from Iraq, Slovakia and Switzerland is the 13th July 2015
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CAMEROUN : Elèves d'une école coranique détenus depuis 6 mois
22/Jun/2015 News
Les autorités camerounaises doivent libérer immédiatement quatre-vingt-quatre enfants – dont certains n’ont que cinq ans – qui sont détenus depuis six mois à la suite de descentes effectuées dans des écoles coraniques de l’extrême nord du pays.
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TRANSPARENCY: Independent panel urges changes in using UN soldiers
18/Jun/2015 News
An independent panel reviewing UN peacekeeping operations recommended sweeping changes on Tuesday to make the soldiers more accountable for sexual abuse and other crimes.
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JUSTICE: 'Children’s equitable access to justice in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia'
16/Jun/2015 Publication
This UNICEF report sheds light on the tremendous barriers children in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia face in accessing justice for violations of their rights. 
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MALTA: Gov't launches new policy to help schools address needs of trans, intersex students
16/Jun/2015 News
Activists have welcomed the policy, which recommends an end to gender segregation in schools through things like uniforms, sports lessons, as well as facilities like toilets. 
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CENTRAL AMERICA: Gang violence fuelling child marriage, researchers say
15/Jun/2015 News
Although there is little data on the impact of gang violence on child marriage, anecdotal evidence shows girls are getting married and coupled with gang members, which they see as a form of protection from gang violence and intimation from other gangs. 
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W.J. and L.N. (Minors suing through their guardians, J.K.M and S.C.M) v. Astarikoh Henry Amkoah, J Primary School, the Teachers Service Commission and the Attorney General
Tue, 19/05/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning child sexual abuse in a school in Kenya.
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ZIMBABWE: Courts are seeing 'consenting' sex with over-12s as unproblematic, activists say
15/Jun/2015 News
Courts appear to be trivialising child sex abuse, activists say, as child rapists are being acquitted as long as the child is over the age of 12 and appears to have consented. 
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CANADA : La Commission Vérité et Réconciliation qualifie de "génocide culturel" la scolarisation forcée des enfants aborigènes
15/Jun/2015 News
Les Canadiens ont pris conscience du désastre causé par la scolarisation forcée de dizaines de milliers d’Amérindiens et d’Inuits de 1870 à 1970.
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