Article 36: Other forms of exploitation

AFGHANISTAN: "Bacha bazi" child abuse rising
26/aoû/2014 News
Sexual abuse against children has been rising, says Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission.
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SEX EDUCATION: Calls for better sex education for autistic children
19/aoû/2014 News
Psychologists say that lack of sex education leaves children with autism more vulnerable to sexual victimisation.
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NIGERIA: Boko Haram abduct dozens of boys from village
18/aoû/2014 News
Boys and men forcibly taken by militant group in north-east Nigeria, four months after kidnapping of schoolgirls.
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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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JAPAN: Children still being treated as sexual objects in cartoons and comic books
13/aoû/2014 News
Possessing child porn is now illegal in Japan - but depicting children as sexual objects in cartoons or animation isn't.
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USA: Inquiry finds a ‘culture of violence’ against teenage inmates at New York's Rikers Island
5/aoû/2014 News
Inquiry finds that the civil rights of male teenagers were violated and that there was no protection given to the boys from the rampant use of unnecessary and excessive force by correction officers.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Supreme Court rules that trafficked persons have the right to claim damages
4/aoû/2014 News
In a landmark judgment, court unanimously rules that trafficked people have a right to claim damages from their traffickers irrespective of their immigration status. 
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Breaking the silence: Combating child sexual abuse in Odisha, India
24/juil/2014 Publication
The Youth Council for Development Alternatives (YCDA) in collaboration with UNICEF and the Women and Child Development...
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UGANDA: "Where Do You Want Us to Go?"
23/juil/2014 Publication
This Human Rights Watch report documents human rights violations against street children in Uganda by police and local government officials, members of the community and older homeless children and adults.
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SYRIA: Child marriage soars among Syrian refugees in Jordan
18/juil/2014 News
Girls who have fled Syria's civil war are increasingly vulnerable to exploitation, domestic violence and poverty, warns the UN.
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