Extra-judicial execution

Taous Djebbar and Saadi Chihoub v. Algeria

jthomas — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:36:25 +0000

Case concerning the enforced disappearance of a 16 years old boy and his brother in Algeria.

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Kedar Chaulagain v. Nepal

jthomas — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:02:09 +0000

Case concerning the arbitrary execution of a 17 years old girl by members of the army in Nepal.

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IRAN : pendaison d'un mineur délinquant au mépris du droit international

Louise — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:53:02 +0000

Un adolescent a été exécuté en Iran après avoir été reconnu du viol d'un autre adolescent, première exécution confirmée d'un mineur délinquant dans le pays depuis le début de l’année. La Cour suprême a au départ annulé sa condamnation à mort, estimant que l’enquête était incomplète, mais l'a finalement confirmée en mars 2016.

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PARAGUAY: Estado a juicio por asesinato de niño soldado

Jesica — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:31:38 +0000

Un joven recluta de las fuerzas armadas paraguayas, luego de visitar a su familia para las navidades, decide no regresar a su base. Las autoridades no aceptan su decisión y lo aprehenden. Sólo días más tarde, es encontrado muerto. El camino hacia la justicia y la reforma legal, tomaría muchos años más.

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SAUDI ARABIA: Inhuman Sentencing of Children

lratledge — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 07:13:19 +0000

In Saudi Arabia, people may be lawfully sentenced to corporal punishment, life imprisonment and the death penalty for offences committed while under the age of 18.

This report was initially prepared for CRIN in 2010, but was updated in October 2015.

Download the full report.

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PAKISTAN: Inhuman Sentencing of Children

lratledge — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 06:30:38 +0000

People may be lawfully sentenced to corporal punishment, life imprisonment and the death penalty for offences committed while under the age of 18. Law reform has gone some way to eliminating corporal punishment, but since Pakistan lifted its unofficial moratorium in relation to terrorism cases in December 2014 and all capital cases in March 2015, it has returned to carrying out the death penalty for child offenders.

This report was initially prepared for CRIN in September 2010, but was updated in March 2017.

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ASIA-PACIFIC: Cost of child maltreatment tops $200 billion annually, reports UNICEF

Victor — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:52:29 +0000

Statistics show that failure to prevent violence against children is resulting in serious economic costs to countries, UNICEF warned at the launch of its ‘End Violence against Children’ campaign in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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INDONÉSIE : Cinq adolescents papous abattus par les forces de sécurité

Louise — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:40:50 +0000

Les meurtres ont été commis lors d’une manifestation contre un incident qui avait eu lieu la veille et au cours duquel des soldats avaient frappé à coups de crosse Yulianus Yeimo, un garçon de 12 ans.

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ARMED CONFLICT: ‘devastating year' for millions of children trapped by conflict

ssaliba — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:13:25 +0000

[8 December 2014] – Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today, as 2014 has been “devastating” for some 15 million children caught up in violent conflicts around the world.

“This has been a devastating year for millions of children,” said Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, in a press release issued by his organization.

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RDC : l'ONU réclame la poursuite en justice d'auteurs d'exécutions sommaires

Louise — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:00:16 +0000

Un rapport fait état de 41 victimes, dont quatre enfants, d’atteintes au droit à la vie (exécutions sommaires et extrajudiciaires et disparitions forcées), commises dans le cadre de l’opération « Likofi » à Kinshasa.

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CONFLITS ARMÉS : Rapport annuel du Représentant spécial sur les enfants et les conflits armés

Louise — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 15:43:53 +0000

Le rapport annuel de la Représentante spéciale du Secrétaire général de l'ONU sur les enfants et les conflits armés rescence les cas d'enfants recrutés, tués, mutilés, victimes de violences sexuelles et d’autres violations graves dans 23 situations de conflit à travers le monde.

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SYRIA: Up to 186 Kurdish students kidnapped by Isis in northern Syria

CRIN — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:37:13 +0000

Teenagers abducted from bus while travelling from Kobani to Aleppo to take exams.

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المفوضة السامية لحقوق الإنسان تبعث برسالة إلى السفير الإسرائيلي بشأن مقتل قاصريْن فلسطينييْن في ذكرى النكبة

nattallah — Wed, 28 May 2014 07:11:59 +0000

2014/5/23 — في رسالة بعثتها المفوضة السامية لحقوق الإنسان إلى المندوب الإسرائيلي في جنيف، أعربت نافي بيلاي عن قلقها البالغ إزاء مقتل اثنين من المراهقين الفلسطينيين في الضفة الغربية المحتلة.

وفي هذا الشأن قالت سيسيل بويي المتحدثة باسم مفوضية حقوق الإنسان في جنيف، إن القاصريْن الفلسطينيين قتلا على يد القوات الإسرائيلية يوم الخامس عشر من أيار مايو، أثناء مشاركتهما بمظاهرة في بيتونيا بمناسبة يوم النكبة.

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: Inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Thu, 01 May 2014 09:31:19 +0000

Brunei Darussalam to introduce the death penalty, amputation and flogging for offences committed by children.

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SYRIA: More than 150,000 killed in conflict, say activists

CRIN — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:49:02 +0000

More than 150,000 people, including nearly 7,985 children, have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, a monitoring group has said.

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