Article 41: Respect for higher standards

COLOMBIA: Hundreds of children with learning disabilities sterilized every year
17/sep/2014 News
Human rights charity states that more needs to be done to protect the sexual rights of people with learning difficulties.
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RUSSIA: Children with disabilities face violence and neglect
15/sep/2014 News
Human Rights Watch urges authorities to end 'orphanage' system and to prioritise support for children with disabilities to live with their families or in other family settings.
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USA: Huge family detention centre to open in Texas for undocumented migrants
15/sep/2014 News
Federal officials are due to open a huge family detention centre in southern Texas that will house immigrant adults with children while they await deportation.
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SOMALIA: African Union soldiers sexually abused girls, say activists
12/sep/2014 News
Human Rights Watch report shows soldiers from the African Union Mission sexually abused and exploited vulnerable Somali women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu.
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EGYPTE : des enfants torturés en prison
12/sep/2014 News
52 enfants torturés et victimes de violences sexuelles dans une prison d'Alexandrie pour avoir manifesté pacifiquement.
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EGYPT: Child protesters tortured in prison
10/sep/2014 News
Fifty-two children tortured and sexually abused in Alexandria prison for holding peaceful demonstrations against regime.
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INDIA: Girl 'humiliated' by village elders found dead
4/sep/2014 News
Dead teenage girl may have been raped after having been humiliated by village "court" for protesting against her father's harassment.
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UKRAINE: A troubled return to school for displaced children
4/sep/2014 News
Families forced out of their homes by conflict try to resume life in unfamiliar surroundings.
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FRANCE: Parisian suburb accused of gender stereotyping over school satchels
2/sep/2014 News
Row sparked by mayor of a wealthy suburb handing out pink bags for girls and blue for boys for new school year.
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SYRIA: Refugees trigger child labour boom in Turkey
2/sep/2014 News
Thousands of young refugees are missing out on school to support families left destitute after fleeing the fighting in Syria.
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