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Child detention
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Defenceless: The Impact of Israeli Military Detention on Palestinian Children
Growing up amidst military occupation and conflict has had a profound impact on Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza. It has impacted every aspect of their lives, from their safety and development to their psychosocial wellbeing and mental healt
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Technical Note: COVID-19 and children deprived of their liberty
Evidence from previous infectious disease outbreaks shows that child protection risks are likely to emerge from the direct effects of COVID-19, but also from preventative measures trying to control its spread. Moreover, pre-existing child protection risks
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"They Didn't Know if I Was Alive or Dead": Military detention of children for suspected Boko Haram involvement in northeast Nigeria
The Nigerian military has been found to arbitrarily detain thousands of children for suspected involvement with the armed Islamist group Boko Haram. Many children are held without charge for months or years and often with little or no evidence of involvem
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Children and Detention
Detention can be stressful and dangerous. It entails physical, emotional and intellectual deprivation, and even resilient adults find it hard to cope with. For children therefore, detention is likely to have a particularly severe and lasting effect. That
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UNHCR's Position Regarding the Detention of Refugee and Migrant Children in the Migration Context
The purpose of this note is to provide clarification about UNHCR’s position regarding the detention of children, unaccompanied, separated or in families for immigration-related purposes. The scope of this note includes refugee and asylum-seeking children
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Let’s Work to End Child Immigration Detention
We, the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts, UN agencies and bodies, global, European and national organisations, welcome the European Commission’s initiative to dedicate the 11th European Forum on the Rights of the Child to the topic of ch
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Protecting People Deprived of their Liberty
Guided by the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, in particular humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence, the ICRC has acted to improve the conditions of detention and treatment of people deprived of
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Inhuman Sentencing: Life imprisonment of children around the world
The Child Rights International Network (CRIN) has been reporting on the inhuman sentencing of children, including sentences of death, life imprisonment and corporal punishment, since 2010. CRIN is concerned that international condemnation is often limited
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Illegal Detention of Migrant Children in Switzerland: A status report
Published by Terre des hommes, a leading organisation for child relief, this publication explores children in the context of migration. Whether accompanied, separated, or unaccompanied, children should never be remanded in custody – held in detention due
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Children in Israeli Military Detention: Observations and Recommendations, UNICEF Bulletin No. 2: February 2015
This bulletin presents the latest developments made by the Government of Israel in terms of military legislation for children’s rights while in military detention. To supplement this information, key data on child detention in 2013 and 2014 is presented f
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Refugee Children in Conflict With the Law in Bethlehem
Through interviews, focus groups, a literature review, and questionnaires, this report strives to provide a detailed picture of the status of refugee children in conflict with the law in the Bethlehem Governorate. The research questions driving this study
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Manual Sobre Estándares Internacionales de Derechos Humanos Aplicables a Los Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes Migrantes
Este Manual es resultado de la labor de tres organizaciones que comparten la necesidad de elaborar una estrategia de abordaje vinculada a la protección de los derechos de NNA en el contexto de la migración. Así, RELAF, Save the Children y UNICEF ofrecen e