Child offenders

IRAN: Whereabouts of juvenile offender on death row emerge five months after scheduled execution
21/juil/2015 News
The whereabouts of Saman Naseem, 21, who was sentenced to death in April 2013 for alleged armed activities against the Revolutionary Guards when he was 17 years old, was unknown for five months. Amnesty International has confirmed his location, alongside news that the Supreme Court has granted him a full retrail. 
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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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Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children and Another v. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another
jeu, 03/10/2013 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the criminalisation of consensual sexual activity between adolescents in South Africa.
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In the matter of an application by JR38 for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)
mer, 01/07/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning whether the publication of a child's photos in the UK violated his right to privacy under the ECHR.
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BRAZIL: Lowering the age of criminal majority, and next steps for opposition movement
15/juil/2015 News
Guest writer for CRIN, Henrique de Souza, from the Brazilian Bar Association, looks at the recently approved proposal to...
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COLOMBIA: Según Defensoría del Pueblo, los centros de reclusión juvenil no cumplen con los estándares mínimos internacionales
13/juil/2015 News
Tras visitar 18 de estas correccionales, la Defensoría asegura que es evidente que se están violando los derechos humanos de los adolescentes privados de la libertad.
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CANADA : Réduire l'entrée des jeunes au système de justice criminelle
9/juil/2015 Publication
Rapport du Défenseur des enfants et de la jeunesse, Province du Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada. « Plus d'aide, moins de poursuites : Réduire l'entrée des jeunes au système de justice criminelle »  
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حملات: رسالة مشتركة موجهة لوزير العدل السعودي
9/juil/2015 News
أقرأ رسالة كرين المشتركة مع مؤسسات اخرى تعنى بحقوق الانسان والتي ارسلت بشأن شابين حكما بالاعدام بسبب مخالفات ارتكباها عندما كانا طفلين. 
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CAMPAIGNING: Joint letter to Saudi Arabia's Minister of Justice
9/juil/2015 News
Read the letter CRIN, together with other human rights organisations, sent concerning two young men sentenced to death for offences committed while children. 
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PAKISTAN: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children
30/juin/2015 Publication
This report was submitted ahead of the the 72nd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child...
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