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DROITS CIVIQUES ET POLITIQUES : Droits de l’enfant et liberté d’association
7/Окт/2015 Publication
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BELGIQUE : Enfants et euthanasie
7/Окт/2015 Publication
The amendment removes any reference to the age of a patient.
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KENYA: Baby A and the question mark
5/Авг/2015 Publication
A question mark on an intersex baby’s medical documents in Kenya nearly condemned a child to a life without medical care, schooling or a passport. Challenging the incorrect document, the child’s mother took the case to the Kenyan High Court.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Teenagers no longer prosecuted for kissing or consensual sex
20/Июл/2015 Publication
A law that criminalised sexual activity between consenting adolescents in South Africa - even for kissing and cuddling - and required them to be put on a sex offenders register was struck down as unconstitutional after a challenge from the Centre for Child Law. CRIN looks at the issue in this case study.
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UNITED STATES: Judge orders children to juvenile detention for refusing to see their father
9/Июл/2015 News
Three siblings were held in contempt of court for refusing an order by a judge to have lunch with their father, and were ordered to a juvenile detention facility until they turn 18 years old. The children are aged 14, 10 and 9, respectively. 
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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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ZIMBABWE: Courts are seeing 'consenting' sex with over-12s as unproblematic, activists say
15/Июн/2015 News
Courts appear to be trivialising child sex abuse, activists say, as child rapists are being acquitted as long as the child is over the age of 12 and appears to have consented. 
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S. L. and J. L. v. Croatia
чт, 07/05/2015 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning failure to observe the best interests of children in a property deal in Croatia.
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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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