Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect

HOLY SEE: Critic of Vatican refuses to step down from sex abuse commission
8/fév/2016 News
A prominent and outspoken British member of a papal advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy on Saturday refused to step down despite a no-confidence vote, and said only Pope Francis could dismiss him.
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CHÂTIMENTS CORPORELS : Bulletin Afrique n°21
1/fév/2016 News
Le nouveau bulletin Afrique de l'Initiative mondiale pour mettre fin aux châtiments corporels.
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Africa Newsletter #21
1/fév/2016 News
Read about the recent developments and campaigns in Africa by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children.
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UNITED STATES: Inhuman sentencing of children
1/fév/2016 Publication
Capital punishment is unconstitutional for offences committed by persons under the age of 18 and sentences of corporal...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Human Rights Commission urges ban on corporal punishment
22/Jan/2016 News
A total ban on corporal punishment may be enacted in South Africa after the country’s Human Rights Commission recommended the measure to the cabinet earlier this week.
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BELGIQUE : Des centaines d’enfants menacés d’exploitation, de violence et de prostitution
19/Jan/2016 News
Communiqué du Délégué général aux droits de l'enfant - La Belgique connaît depuis plusieurs mois une augmentation très sensible du nombre de demandeurs d’asile dont une proportion considérable de mineurs étrangers non accompagnés (MENA). Alors que les jours les plus froids de l’hiver sont devant nous, la situation de nombreux MENA est déjà particulièrement inquiétante et, pour beaucoup, détestable.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Staff fired after claims of mistreatment at G4S-run young offender unit
14/Jan/2016 News
Four staff have been sacked following allegations of mistreatment of children at a young offender institution.
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UNITED STATES: Supreme Court rejects Nestle bid to throw out child slavery suit
12/Jan/2016 News
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid by Nestle SA and two other companies to throw out a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for the use of child slaves in Ivory Coast.
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