State neglect

MAYOTTE : Médecins du Monde déplore "une crise sanitaire sans précédent"
22/juin/2016 News
Médecins du Monde a mis en garde jeudi contre "une crise sanitaire sans précédent" à Mayotte, où environ 300 personnes chassées de leurs logements par des collectifs d'habitants sont toujours installées sur une place de Mamoudzou dans un camp de fortune.
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FRANCE : L’Unicef dénonce l’exploitation des migrants mineurs dans les « jungles » françaises
21/juin/2016 News
Une étude du Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (Unicef) dénonce l'exploitation de près de 500 réfugiés mineurs dans le nord de la France. 
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NIGERIA : des enfants et des bébés meurent en détention
12/Mai/2016 News
Onze enfants âgés de moins de six ans, dont quatre bébés, comptent parmi les 149 personnes qui sont mortes cette année en détention dans ce pays.
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CROATIA: Sex-ed stalemate after decades of disagreement
10/Mai/2016 Publication
A collective complaint exposed discrimination in the material being taught in Croatian sex education classes but did not manage to cement a better system.
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PERU: Abortion guidelines established after 90-year delay
30/mar/2016 Publication
A 13-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped was denied a legal abortion, even though her physical and mental health were in danger. She was left paralysed; but thanks to her case, Peru now has a protocol on therapeutic abortion and the UN has recognised the denial of a legal abortion as a form of discrimination against women.
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MONGOLIA: State becomes 49th to ban all corporal punishment of children
18/mar/2016 News
Mongolia bans corporal punishment of children in all settings, including the home, becoming the first State in East and Southeast Asia to achieve this reform.  
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BANGLADESH: Mandatory death penalty declared void after 14-year legal battle
10/mar/2016 Publication
Sentenced to death for a crime allegedly committed when he was just 14, a Bangladeshi boy’s case became the centre of a lengthy legal battle which ultimately led to mandatory executions being declared unconstitutional.
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LATINOAMÉRICA: Acceso a la información y los derechos de los niños
1/mar/2016 News
Artículo que analiza el derecho de los niños, niñas y adolescentes a la información en el contexto de América Latina. 
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MIGRATION: CRIN submission for the General Comment on the human rights of children in the context of int'l migration
25/fév/2016 Publication
This submission draws attention to neglected areas of child migrants’ rights, including their right to work, detention and criminalisation, discriminatory language used to refer to migrant children, and access to justice. 
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HOLY SEE: Critic of Vatican refuses to step down from sex abuse commission
8/fév/2016 News
A prominent and outspoken British member of a papal advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy on Saturday refused to step down despite a no-confidence vote, and said only Pope Francis could dismiss him.
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