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TURKEY: Top court rules that compulsory religious education is unlawful
30/Июн/2015 News
The plaintiffs behind the challenge argued that compulsory religious education did not comply with their religious and philosophical beliefs. 
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NETHERLANDS: Remove age limits on right to die, say paediatricians
30/Июн/2015 News
The Dutch Paediatric Association says the country should follow Belgium in changing law on euthanasia and scrapping age limit for children in unbearable suffering. 
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MALTA: Gov't launches new policy to help schools address needs of trans, intersex students
16/Июн/2015 News
Activists have welcomed the policy, which recommends an end to gender segregation in schools through things like uniforms, sports lessons, as well as facilities like toilets. 
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ENVIRONMENT: International human rights law and fracking
15/Июн/2015 Publication
This report demonstrates how the international human rights framework can be used to initiate rights-based advocacy against human rights violations that result from the harm caused by hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
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PUBLIC HEALTH: More than one in four US children exposed to violence involving weapons
9/Июн/2015 News
Although medical associations largely see gun violence as a public health threat, with 10,000 children killed or injured by firearms each year in the US, efforts to address gun violence from a public health standpoint have been met with considerable resistance. 
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GENDER IDENTITY: Being trans in the European Union - Comparative analysis of EU LGBT survey data
2/Июн/2015 Publication
Research conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) found that trans persons face the highest levels of discrimination, harassment and violence amongst LGBT subgroups.  
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UN TRANSPARENCY: The whole story behind the peacekeeper sex abuse in the Central African Republic
29/Май/2015 News
Read an account of leaked incriminating internal UN documents, memos and email correspondence that expose how the UN remained inactive despite clear evidence of child abuse. 
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MEXICO: La consulta infantil
28/Май/2015 News
En las elecciones federales se instalarán casillas para la Consulta Infantil en todo el país para hacer escuchar la opinión de la niñez y la juventud.
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