Adolescents

DISCRIMINATION: Youth curfews and children's rights
8/sep/2015 Publication
Summertime for children is not just about having time off school, staying up late and playing outside; it also comes with...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Sexting boy's naked selfie recorded as crime by police
7/sep/2015 News
A boy who sent a naked photograph of himself to a girl at school has had the crime of making and distributing indecent images recorded against him according to the BBC.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: New sexual abuse allegations against French soldiers
3/sep/2015 News
Fresh allegations have come to light about sexual abuse of children by French soldiers in the Central African Republic.      
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UNITED STATES: Teenager sentenced to 11 years in prison for Islamic State Twitter support
1/sep/2015 News
A teenager was sentenced to 11 years and four months in prison on Friday for using Twitter to support Islamic State (IS), becoming the first minor to be prosecuted by the United States in such a case.
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PAKISTAN: Police accused of downplaying child sexual abuse scandal
10/aoû/2015 News
Up to 280 girls and boys said to have been filmed being abused in one village, but victims’ parents say police did not act until there was a national uproar.
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IRAQ: Islamic State circulates sex slave price list
5/aoû/2015 News
A printed list of prices for buying and selling women and children as slaves from within the Islamic State has been confirmed as genuine by a senior United Nations official.
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INHUMAN SENTENCING: Pakistan hangs Shafqat Hussain despite claim he was a child at time of alleged crime
4/aoû/2015 News
Supporters say Hussain was 14 when he was sentenced to death for the murder of a seven-year-old, after a confession he said was obtained by torture.
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STREET CHILDREN: New guides on street children and the CRC's General Comment
3/aoû/2015 Publication
A guide to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s forthcoming General Comment on children in street situations and a fact sheet about children in street situations, debunking a series of common myths about them, from the Consortium for Street Children.
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TRANSPARENCY: UN paid millions to Russian aviation firm since learning of sex attack on girl
3/aoû/2015 News
Documents reveal United Nations unit uncovered possible ‘culture of sexual exploitation and abuse’ after 2010 but permitted a Russian aviation company to continue receiving contracts worth millions.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Teenagers no longer prosecuted for kissing or consensual sex
20/juil/2015 Publication
A law that criminalised sexual activity between consenting adolescents in South Africa - even for kissing and cuddling - and required them to be put on a sex offenders register was struck down as unconstitutional after a challenge from the Centre for Child Law. CRIN looks at the issue in this case study.
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