Article 16: Protection of privacy

USA: Victory for LGBTI children after Supreme Court ruling on California law
1/juil/2014 News
US Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a California law that bans “conversion therapy” aimed at changing the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian minors.
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PRIVACY: How 'over-sharenting' can harm your children
1/juil/2014 News
An article about parents sharing information about their children on-line and children's right to privacy.
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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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SYRIA: Up to 186 Kurdish students kidnapped by Isis in northern Syria
27/juin/2014 News
 Teenagers abducted from bus while travelling from Kobani to Aleppo to take exams.
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CAR: UN official urges strong action to protect women and girls against "terrifying" violations
25/juin/2014 News
Head of UN Women urges the Security Council to take strong action to help restore the rule of law in the country.
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World Refugee Day 2014: Number of refugees displaced globally tops 50 million
20/juin/2014 News
UNHCR report says more than half of those displaced are children, with aid organisations reaching breaking point.
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FRANCE: ERRC urges French authorities to fully investigate lynching of Romani minor
18/juin/2014 News
The European Roma Rights Centre expresses its deep concern regarding the brutal lynching of a 16-year-old Romani boy in France. The ERRC urges French authorities to investigate the attack, in particular any possible racial motivation, and to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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PAKISTAN: Minorities fear ‘forced conversion’ to Islam
17/juin/2014 News
Human rights groups believe the number of reported cases failing to capture the true extent of the problem.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Report into child abuse at school for vulnerable boys "suppressed"
5/juin/2014 News
A health professional who reported widespread child abuse at a school for vulnerable boys in the 1990s believes his report was "suppressed".
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JAPAN: State bans real-life child sexual abuse material but cartoons remain legal
5/juin/2014 News
Possession to be outlawed but manga, anime and computer graphics depicting sexual exploitation of minors exempt.
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