Australia

AUSTRALIA: Gobierno federal anuncia la liberación de niños detenidos en centros de inmigración
19/aoû/2014 News
Se les otorgarán visas a 150 niños y la medida no se aplicará a los alojados en Nauru e Isla de Navidad. La cifra total de niños detenidos supera los 1500. 
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AUSTRALIA: Anonymous NGO workers condemn 'systematic' rights violations at detention centre
15/aoû/2014 News
Save the Children workers at Australian-run immigration detention camps on Nauru describe numerous cases of abuse.
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Oceania
4/aoû/2014 Country
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EDUCATION: School suspensions violate children's human rights, say experts
11/juil/2014 News
Academics say that the way teachers discipline children may breach the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 
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AUSTRALIA: High Court grants injunction over asylum seeker boat
7/juil/2014 News
High Court prevents the return of 153 asylum seekers, including children, to Sri Lankan authorities over concerns about their safety.  
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AUSTRALIA: Catholic Bishop charged with child sex abuse
30/juin/2014 News
Bishop Max Davis is believed to be the most senior clergyman in the Catholic Church, and the first bishop, to be charged with a child sex offence.  
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AUSTRALIA: Human Rights Commission to investigate self-harm and suicide in children
23/avr/2014 News
The decision responds to the fact that Australia has some of the highest self-harm and suicide rates among young people in the developed world.
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JUVENILE JUSTICE: Australia's tough new youth crime laws spark plea for UN intervention
6/fév/2014 News
New juvenile crime laws in the state of Queensland are described as violations of Australia's human rights obligations, leading to calls for UN intervention. 
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AUSTRALIA: Access to justice for children
29/Jan/2014 Publication
This report is part of CRIN's access to justice for children project, looking at the status of the CRC in national law,...
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AUSTRALIA: Toddlers were punched and flogged by Salvation Army carers, Royal Commission hears
29/Jan/2014 News
Children as young as four were punched, kicked and flogged by staff at Salvation Army homes. 
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