Torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment

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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RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE : Rapport du Secrétaire général sur la violence incessante dont les enfants ont été victimes
14/mar/2016 Publication
Le troisième rapport sur la situation des enfants affectés par les conflits armés dans ce pays d’Afrique centrale décrit des violations généralisées et des actes de violence horribles commis entre janvier 2011 et décembre 2015 contre les garçons et les filles.
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ZIMBABWE: Inhuman Sentencing of Children
11/mar/2016 Publication
The death penalty is explicitly prohibited for any offence committed by a person under the age of 18, but life...
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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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EUROPE : Pourquoi l'Europe continue-t-elle à enfermer les enfants ?
7/mar/2016 News
Le Conseil de l'Europe met en garde contre les effets négatifs à long terme de la rétention, sur la santé mentale, le développement, l'apprentissage et le fonctionnement social des enfants. Il appelle les 47 États membres à tout faire pour l'éviter, en changeant les lois, en mettant systématiquement en avant l'intérêt supérieur de l'enfant.
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Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) and another v. Bangladesh
mar, 02/03/2010 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning a 14-year-old boy sentenced to mandatory death penalty in Bangladesh.
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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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QATAR: Inhuman Sentencing of Children
16/fév/2016 Publication
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UNITED STATES: Inhuman sentencing of children
1/fév/2016 Publication
Capital punishment is unconstitutional for offences committed by persons under the age of 18 and sentences of corporal...
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Montgomery v. Louisiana
lun, 25/01/2016 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the application of the prohibition of mandatory sentences of life imprisonment without parole on juvenile offenders in the United States.  
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