Article 34: Sexual exploitation

HOLY SEE: UN Committee Against Torture criticises Vatican handling of sex abuse
27/May/2014 News
UN experts reject argument that Vatican only exercises control over city state and is not accountable for priests' actions worldwide.
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Paroline v. United States
Wed, 23/04/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning restitution for victims of child pornography in the United States.
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HOLY SEE: Notes from the UN Committee Against Torture’s review
19/May/2014 News
In May 2014 the UNCAT reviewed the Holy See, and asked detailed questions about child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Read the “unofficial minutes” produced by the World Organization Against Torture and CRIN.
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UNITED STATES: Court to review prosecution of Catholic church official
12/May/2014 News
Pennsylvania's highest court will review the long-debated prosecution of a Roman Catholic church official who was tried, imprisoned and then freed over his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints.
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HOLY SEE: UN Panel on Torture Presses Vatican Envoy on Abuse
6/May/2014 News
Vatican has faced sharp questioning by UN about whether it failed to abide by an international treaty against torture in its response to the sexual abuse of children by priests.
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YEMEN: Draft law seeks to reform child rights abuses
28/Apr/2014 News
Draft law which proposes to curb the problems of child marriage, FGM, child labour and the use of child soldiers, awaits approval from the country's Parliament.
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SANTA SEDE: El abuso sexual de niños - informe
10/Apr/2014 Publication
En el informe preliminar publicado por CRIN se traza un mapa a escala mundial del abuso sexual de niños en la Iglesia Católica. 
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SENEGAL: Law bans 10-year-old rape victim from aborting twins
7/Apr/2014 News
Efforts of human rights campaigners thwarted by Napoleonic law allowing abortion only in life-or-death circumstances.
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Pongamos fin a la violencia sexual en las instituciones religiosas
3/Apr/2014 Campaign
Instamos a la realización de reformas que abran estas instituciones al examen público, impidan los encubrimientos y permitan a las víctimas el acceso a la justicia.    
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LEBANON: Activists take issue with bill supposed to protect women's rights
3/Apr/2014 News
Lebanon's parliament passed a law criminalising domestic violence. However, activists believe it does not go far enough to protect women's rights.
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