Article 6: Survival and development

BRAZIL: Lowering the age of criminal majority, and next steps for opposition movement
15/Jul/2015 News
Guest writer for CRIN, Henrique de Souza, from the Brazilian Bar Association, looks at the recently approved proposal to...
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UNITED STATES: Massachusetts' highest court defends corporal punishment as 'part of social fabric'
14/Jul/2015 News
The justicies said it's permissible to punish a child by spanking so long as "reasonable" force is used and the child is not harmed in a lasting way. Conversely, they also emphasised the child should be protected from abuse.
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BUSINESS: Obligations and actions on children's rights and business
14/Jul/2015 Publication
A practical guide for States on how to implement the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment...
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BUSINESS: Children's rights and business explained
14/Jul/2015 Publication
A reader-friendly version of the Committee on the Rights of the Child's General Comment No. 16 on state obligations...
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BRÉSIL : 28 enfants tués par jour
14/Jul/2015 News
Un rapport de l'Unicef évoque le contraste entre l'actuel débat pour abaisser l'âge de la majorité pénale de 18 à 16 ans, et les 10.500 homicides de mineurs enregistrés en 2013.
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UNITED STATES: Judge orders children to juvenile detention for refusing to see their father
9/Jul/2015 News
Three siblings were held in contempt of court for refusing an order by a judge to have lunch with their father, and were ordered to a juvenile detention facility until they turn 18 years old. The children are aged 14, 10 and 9, respectively. 
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DENMARK: 'How I was deradicalised'
6/Jul/2015 News
Article covering a Muslim teenager's experience in Denmark's programme to dissuade young people from going to fight for al-Qaeda or Islamic State.
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UNICEF: 'Progress for Children Beyond Averages - Learning from the MDGs'
30/Jun/2015 Publication
This eleventh edition of Progress for Children is UNICEF’s final report on the child-related Millennium Development Goals ...
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SINGAPORE: Convicted teenage blogger placed in mental health detention
24/Jun/2015 News
Teenage blogger Lee Kuan Yew, who was convicted of obscenity and insulting Christianity after he posted a video criticising the late leader Lee Kuan Yew, will be detained for two weeks in a mental health institute until a psychiatric assessment is performed, a court has decided.   
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VIOLENCE: Gov'ts accused of ‘perpetrating violence against women’
23/Jun/2015 News
ActionAid report says officials are ignoring laws to end violence against women, curbing funding of women’s groups, and failing to defend activists. 
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