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PAKISTAN: Inhuman Sentencing of Children
20/Oct/2015 Publication
People may be lawfully sentenced to corporal punishment, life imprisonment and the death penalty for offences committed...
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FRANCE : la situation sur le territoire de Calais
8/Oct/2015 Publication
Ce rapport du Défenseur des droits dénonce des conditions d’hygiène terribles, un manque d’accès à la santé, à l’assistance juridique, à l’éducation, ainsi qu’un harcèlement policier constant.
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PAKISTAN: Man initially arrested as a teenager faces execution
28/Sep/2015 News
Pakistani authorities are set to hang a man who says he was 15 when arrested for a murder he says he did not commit, lawyers have said.
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SRI LANKA: Child recruitment, attacks on civilians among rights violations documented by UN
18/Sep/2015 Publication
A new report by the United Nations has identified patterns of grave violations in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2011, and recommends the establishment of a hybrid special court to ensure that justice is served.
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YEMEN: UN Special Representative calls for protection of children in conflict
27/Ago/2015 News
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui has called on all forces in the conflict in Yemen to protect children from harm.
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INHUMAN SENTENCING: Pakistan hangs Shafqat Hussain despite claim he was a child at time of alleged crime
4/Ago/2015 News
Supporters say Hussain was 14 when he was sentenced to death for the murder of a seven-year-old, after a confession he said was obtained by torture.
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UNITED STATES: Judge orders release of immigrant children detained
27/Jul/2015 News
A federal judge has said that the government's policy of detaining migrant children and their mothers violates a longstanding ruling that found that such mass detention is against US law.
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MEXICO: Authorities fail to protect children & adults with disabilities from torture, trafficking & segregation
23/Jul/2015 Publication
This report by Disability Rights International focuses on an institution for children and adults with disabilities where sexual abuse, sterilisation, trafficking, inadequate medical care and degrading living conditions are rampant. Yet authorities allow such a place to continue operating without interference. 
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ISRAËL : abus à l'encontre d'enfants palestiniens
21/Jul/2015 News
Un rapport d'Human Rights Watch répertorie des immobilisations par pseudo-étranglement, des passages à tabacs et des interrogatoires coercitifs.
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IRAN: Whereabouts of juvenile offender on death row emerge five months after scheduled execution
21/Jul/2015 News
The whereabouts of Saman Naseem, 21, who was sentenced to death in April 2013 for alleged armed activities against the Revolutionary Guards when he was 17 years old, was unknown for five months. Amnesty International has confirmed his location, alongside news that the Supreme Court has granted him a full retrail. 
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