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Global Witness v. Afrimex (UK) Ltd
jeu, 28/08/2008 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the use of child and forced labour in mineral extration in the DRC.
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Day of General Discussion: Children’s Rights and the Environment
ven, 23/09/2016 - 10:00 Event
During its 69th session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the body of independent experts responsible for...
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RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO : Le travail des enfants derrière la production de smartphones et de voitures électriques
20/Jan/2016 News
De grandes marques électroniques, comme Apple, Samsung et Sony, n'effectuent pas les contrôles élémentaires afin de vérifier que la fabrication de leurs produits n’intègre pas de cobalt extrait dans les mines par des enfants, écrivent Amnesty International et Afrewatch dans un rapport rendu public mardi 19 janvier.
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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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PHILIPPINES : Des enfants risquent la mort dans des mines d'or artisanales
1/oct/2015 News
Le gouvernement philippin faillit à sa responsabilité de protéger les enfants qui creusent la terre et plongent sous les eaux pour extraire de l'or dans de dangereuses mines artisanales, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd'hui dans un nouveau rapport publié à l'approche du Mois international de l'enfance aux Philippines et accompagné d'une vidéo.
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TRAFFICKING: Research points to serious mental health impact on trafficked children
9/sep/2015 News
Children as young as 10 have attempted suicide or suffered serious mental health problems after being trafficked as sex slaves or forced labourers, researchers said yesterday.
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SENEGAL: First steps taken to eradicate forced child begging in Quranic schools
7/aoû/2015 Publication
A committee of African human rights experts agreed that Senegal must work to stop children in Quranic schools being forced to beg for food and money after two postgraduate students compiled a complaint on behalf of the exploited children.
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LABOUR RIGHTS: Child labour and protecting working children
11/juin/2015 Publication
Ahead of the World Day against Child Labour on 12 June, CRIN looks at whether in countries where child workers will work with or without labour protections, is a blanket ban on child work the best way of guaranteeing children's interests? 
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INFANCIA Y TRABAJO: La CIDH pide en Paraguay separar el trabajo infantil de las prácticas de explotación
13/mar/2015 News
El Movimiento Latinoamericano de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes Trabajadores (MOLACNATs) organizó el Foro Internacional "Infancia y Trabajo, dos nudos culturales en profunda transformación".
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INDIA: Police rescues hundreds of trafficked child slaves from bangle-making workshop
30/Jan/2015 News
Most of the the children were trafficked away from their impoverished parents in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in exchange for 5,000 rupees ($80) as payment.
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