Boys

РОССИЯ: Детский омбудсмен призвала наказать виновных в смерти мальчика от обрезания

CRIN — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Дополнительных законодательных инициатив применительно к процедуре обрезания детей на дому не требуется, поскольку предусмотрена уголовная ответственность при причинении вреда ребенку, и эту ответственность родители погибшего в Красноярске мальчика должны понести вне зависимости от религиозных причин, заявила РИА Новости уполномоченный по правам ребенка Анна Кузнецова.

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ARGENTINA: Juvenile life sentences breached human rights standards

Victor — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:42:02 +0000

Five Argentinian children were sentenced to life in prison, suffering grievous ill-treatment and incarceration for years before their cases were heard by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

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FRANCE : ados en bidonvilles et en squats : l'école impossible !

Louise — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:56:44 +0000

Le Collectif pour le droit des enfants roms à l’éducation publie une étude qui montre que pour de nombreux adolescents âgés de 12 à 18 ans vivant en bidonvilles et en squats, l’école reste inaccessible.

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ÉTATS-UNIS : Mattel et Hasbro épinglés aux Etats-Unis après le pistage d’enfants en ligne

Louise — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:56:47 +0000

Dans un communiqué publié mardi 13 septembre, le procureur général de New York, Eric Schneiderman, révèle que plusieurs sites des groupes Hasbro, Mattel, Viacom et JumpStart ont permis le pistage du comportement des enfants en ligne et donc la collecte de leurs données personnelles.

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FRANCE : L’Unicef dénonce l’exploitation des migrants mineurs dans les « jungles » françaises

Louise — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 07:06:09 +0000

Une étude du Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (Unicef) dénonce l'exploitation de près de 500 réfugiés mineurs dans le nord de la France.

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QUEBEC : adoption d'une loi pour les enfants transgenres

Louise — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 08:56:07 +0000

Au Québec, grâce à la loi 103 adoptée par l'Assemblée nationale, les enfants et adolescents peuvent désormais modifier leur sexe sur leur acte de naissance.

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SAUDI ARABIA: More than 50 people, including several arrested as children, will reportedly be executed soon

Victor — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 17:25:37 +0000

Saudi Arabia allegedly plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, including two sentenced as children, two Saudi newspapers reported this week.

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NEW MEDIA: Sexual rights and sexual risks among youth online

Victor — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:45:36 +0000

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AFGHANISTAN: President vows to stop 'inhuman' child sex abuse

Victor — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:23:41 +0000

The Afghan government says it has "undertaken serious measures" to prevent "abominable" child sexual abuse following a report alleging the practice was rife among the country's armed forces and militias.

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Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor

Denitsa — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:22:06 +0000

Case challenging the constitutionality of corporal punishment as a criminal sentence in Singapore.

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PAKISTAN: Police accused of downplaying child sexual abuse scandal

Victor — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:50:32 +0000

Up to 280 girls and boys said to have been filmed being abused in one village, but victims’ parents say police did not act until there was a national uproar.

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SENEGAL: First steps taken to eradicate forced child begging in Quranic schools

Victor — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:56:36 +0000

A committee of African human rights experts agreed that Senegal must work to stop children in Quranic schools being forced to beg for food and money after two postgraduate students compiled a complaint on behalf of the exploited children.

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FOOT : Trafic de mineurs africains vers le Laos

Louise — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:38:24 +0000

Des jeunes footballeurs africains de 14 ans ont été victimes de trafic vers le Laos où ils vivaient des conditions « déplorables et inquiétantes ». L'Ong Culture Foot Solidaire estime que 15 000 joueurs adolescents sont emmenés hors d'Afrique de l'Ouest chaque année.

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TRAFFICKING: Young African footballers 'trafficked' to Laos

Victor — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:00:24 +0000

Boys from West Africa as young as 14 have been 'trafficked' to an unregistered football academy in Laos, where they are given no salary and made to sleep in 'deplorable' accommodation. One NGO, Culture Foot Solidaire, estimates that 15,000 teenage footballers are moved out of West Africa every year - many of them illegally.

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HEALTH: Most antipsychotic drugs prescribed to teens without mental health diagnosis, study says

Victor — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:44:45 +0000

Researchers expressed concern about drugs for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia being used on children without these disorders. Also worrying is that few patients undergo therapy alongside their drug treatment.

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