Abduction

ARMED CONFLICT: Protecting children in war zones is a moral imperative and legal obligation

19/Jun/2015 News

UN Security Council expands its Children and Armed Conflict Agenda, adding abductions as trigger for inclusion of parties to conflict on the ‘list of shame’.

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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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CANADA: Forced schooling of aboriginal children was ‘cultural genocide,’ truth commission finds

9/Jun/2015 News

The findings are part of a report documenting widespread physical, cultural and sexual abuse at government-sponsored residential schools run mostly by churches that Indian, Inuit and other indigenous children were forced to attend.

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ASIA-PACIFIC: Cost of child maltreatment tops $200 billion annually, reports UNICEF

3/Jun/2015 News

Statistics show that failure to prevent violence against children is resulting in serious economic costs to countries, UNICEF warned at the launch of its ‘End Violence against Children’ campaign in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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CAMPAIGNING: Joint letter expressing deep concern over Pakistani death row juvenile

8/Mayo/2015 News

CRIN together with other human rights organisations sent a third letter to Pakistan's Federal Minister for Interior to emphasise the need for a fair and transparent inquiry in line with human right standards.

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SOUTH SUDAN: Ratification of UNCRC

6/Mayo/2015 News

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has hailed South Sudan's action to become the 195th country to ratify the Convention on the Right of the Child.

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Nvumeleni Jezile v. The State

Lun, 23/03/2015 - 00:00 Case Law

Case concerning ukuthwala - the custom of abducting girls for marriage in South Africa.

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NIGERIA : 500 enfants auraient été enlevés par Boko Haram

25/Mar/2015 News

Les terroristes auraient enlevé ces enfants en quittant la ville de Damasak, reprise par les troupes nigériennes et tchadiennes.

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EGYPT: Student forcibly disappeared in Fayoum

18/Mar/2015 News

Police denies the 17-year-old's detention after he has been arrested in his home.