CRIN campaign report

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing

lratledge — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 09:36:30 +0000

The law of the United Arab Emirates falls short of prohibiting the death penalty and corporal punishment for offences committed while under the age of 18.

This report was submitted ahead of the 29th Session of the Universal Periodic Review in January 2018 as part of our campaign against inhuman sentencing of children - defined to include sentences of death, life imprisonment and corporal punishment.

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TONGA: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing

lratledge — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 09:29:37 +0000

The death penalty, life imprisonment and corporal punishment remain lawful in Tonga for offences committed by children.

This report was submitted ahead of the 29th Session of the Universal Periodic Review in January 2018 as part of our campaign against inhuman sentencing - defined to include sentences of death, life imprisonment and corporal punishment.

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BARBADOS: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 09:19:55 +0000

Life imprisonment and corporal punishment remain lawful sentences for offences committed by children in Barbados.

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Review of the updated UN response to sexual violence by peacekeepers in 2017

Robin — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 10:49:37 +0000

Review of the updated UN response to sexual violence by peacekeepers in 2017

1. Summary

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PAKISTAN: UPR submission on inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:52:11 +0000

Corporal punishment, life imprisonment and the death penalty are lawful sentences for offences committed by children in Pakistan.

This report was submitted ahead of the 28th session of the Universal Periodic Review as part of our campaign against inhuman sentencing of children - defined to include setnences of death, life imprisonment and corporal punishment.

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KUWAIT: Inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:56:06 +0000

In March 2017, Kuwait abolished the death penalty and life imprisonment for offences committed while under the age of 18.

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PHILIPPINES: Open letter to the Minister of Justice on the death penalty

lratledge — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:15:38 +0000

An open letter from CRIN to the Philippines' Department of Justice about draft legislation proposing criminalisation and execution of children.

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DEATH PENALTY: Submission for the Secretary-General's report on the death penalty 2016

lratledge — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:14:20 +0000

CRIN is campaigning for the abolition of inhuman sentencing of children, defined to include the death penalty, corporal punishment and life imprisonment. We want to emphasise that while, for the purposes of this campaign, CRIN is calling for the abolition of the juvenile death penalty, we believe that the death penalty should be abolished for all individuals, regardless of age.

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QATAR: CRC alternative report on Inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:30:48 +0000

In Qatar, life imprisonment is a lawful penalty for offences committed by children aged 16 or older. The death penalty and corporal punishment are prohibited under criminal legislation, but appear to remain lawful under Sharia law for offences committed while under the age of 18.

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ZIMBABWE: Inhuman Sentencing of Children

lratledge — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 08:40:49 +0000

The death penalty is explicitly prohibited for any offence committed by a person under the age of 18, but life imprisonment remains a lawful sentence for offences committed by children and males under the age of 18 may be sentenced to corporal punishment.

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QATAR: Inhuman Sentencing of Children

lratledge — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:42:59 +0000

Life imprisonment is a lawful penalty in Qatar for offences committed by children aged 16 or older. The death penalty and corporal punishment are prohibited under criminal legislation, but appear to remain lawful under Sharia law for offences committed while under the age of 18.

This report was originally prepared for the Child Rights International Network in September 2010 and updated in February 2016.

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UNITED STATES: Inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 08:55:05 +0000

Capital punishment is unconstitutional for offences committed by persons under the age of 18 and sentences of corporal punishment are unavailable for all offences. However; life imprisonment is lawful across the country and life imprisonment without the possibility of release remains lawful for homicide offences in the majority of states and under the federal criminal justice system.

This report was originally prepared for the Child Rights International Network in May 2011, but updated in February 2016.

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INDIA: Inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:30:14 +0000

Since the enactment of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2013 in Jammu and Kashmir, life imprisonment has been abolished as a sentence for children in Jammu and Kashmir, but life imprisonment was reintroduced in the rest of India in December 2015. Corporal punishment may be lawful across India under traditional justice mechanisms, including Pipon.

This report was initially prepared for the Child Rights International Network in September 2010 and was updated in January 2016.

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BANGLADESH: Inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:50:33 +0000

The Children’s Act 2013 has substantially amended much of the relevant legislation on the criminal sentencing of children, explicitly prohibiting the death penalty and life imprisonment for children. However, children may still be sentenced to corporal punishment. People have also been sentenced to life imprisonment for offences committed while under the age of 18 since the Children Act came into force as a result of the application of legislation that was in force at the time of the alleged offence.

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SWAZILAND: Inhuman sentencing of children

lratledge — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:20:13 +0000

When the Children's Protection and Welfare Act came into force
in July 2013, it implemented wide reaching reforms of the juvenile justice system, abolishing corporal punishment as a sentence for children and reinforcing the prohibition on the death penalty for offences committed while under the age of 18. However, detention during His Majesty’s pleasure appears to remain a lawful sentence for child offenders.

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