Article 31: Leisure, recreation and cultural activities

ALBANIA: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review
30/Сен/2014 Publication
A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National report', the 'Compilation of UN information' and the 'Summary of stakeholder information'. Once the ‘recommendations’ have been accepted or rejected by the State, these will subsequently be published here.  
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NORWAY: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review
30/Сен/2014 Publication
A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholder's Information'. Once the 'recommendations' have been accepted or rejected by the State, these will subsequently be published here.
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RUSSIA: Children with disabilities face violence and neglect
15/Сен/2014 News
Human Rights Watch urges authorities to end 'orphanage' system and to prioritise support for children with disabilities to live with their families or in other family settings.
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AFGHANISTAN: "Bacha bazi" child abuse rising
26/Авг/2014 News
Sexual abuse against children has been rising, says Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission.
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Exercise should never be used as punishment
19/Авг/2014 News
Physical activity, particularly exercise, is being used by teachers, sports coaches and parents to discipline children.
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JAPAN: Children still being treated as sexual objects in cartoons and comic books
13/Авг/2014 News
Possessing child porn is now illegal in Japan - but depicting children as sexual objects in cartoons or animation isn't.
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Concluding Observations for Jordan's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports
27/Июн/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/JOR/CO/4-5...
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Concluding Observations for Indonesia's Third and Fourth Periodic Reports
26/Июн/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/IDN/CO/3-4...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Botched circumcisions becoming health crisis in country
17/Июн/2014 News
Problem is most severe in the Eastern Cape province, where nearly 500 young men have died in circumcision rituals since 2006.
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JAPAN: State bans real-life child sexual abuse material but cartoons remain legal
5/Июн/2014 News
Possession to be outlawed but manga, anime and computer graphics depicting sexual exploitation of minors exempt.
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