Article 37: Torture and deprivation of liberty

MONGOLIA: State becomes 49th to ban all corporal punishment of children
18/Мар/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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ZIMBABWE: Inhuman Sentencing of Children
11/Мар/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/Мар/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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MIGRATION: CRIN submission for the General Comment on the human rights of children in the context of int'l migration
25/Фев/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/Фев/2016 Publication
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UNITED STATES: Inhuman sentencing of children
1/Фев/2016 Publication
Capital punishment is unconstitutional for offences committed by persons under the age of 18 and sentences of corporal...
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INDIA: Inhuman sentencing of children
21/Янв/2016 Publication
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BANGLADESH: Inhuman sentencing of children
12/Янв/2016 Publication
The Children’s Act 2013 has substantially amended much of the relevant legislation on the criminal sentencing of children,...
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