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Interaction of International Mechanisms of Migrants' Rights Protection: A child rights perspective
This paper is part of a series of bridging papers looking at different points of the 5-year Action Plan for Collaboration from a child rights perspective. Child migrants are doubly vulnerable as both children and as migrants, putting them at heightened ri
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Child Abuse and The Holy See. The need for justice, accountability and reform
Child Rights International Network (CRIN) has released a preliminary report documenting the scope of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and evidence of cover up attempts by the Vatican and Church authorities. The newly released report coincides wit
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Children First and Foremost: A guide to realising the rights of children and families in an irregular migration situation
This guide is the result of PICUM's two year project “Building Strategies to Improve the Protection of Undocumented Children in Europe”, which aimed to spread understanding of the challenges children in an irregular migration situation face in accessing t
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Children, Adolescents and Human Trafficking: Making sense of a complex problem
Issue Paper 5: Children, Adolescents and Human Trafficking: Making sense of a complex problem, by Mike Dottridge and Ann Jordan. This Paper introduces the complexity around the issue of child trafficking in light of the current emphasis on the worst forms
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Unspeakable Crimes: Changing the law. Preventing sexual violence against children in conflict – the changes in law that need to happen
Save the Children's newly released Policy Brief 'Unspeakable Crimes: Changing the Law ' highlights specific reforms to protect child survivors and empower them to seek justice. While international criminal courts and tribunals have helped to develop int
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No place like home: An Assessment of the Housing, Land and Property Rights of Palestinian Refugee Women in Camps and Gatherings in Lebanon
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has embarked on a three-year initiative designed to help increase displaced women's access to housing, land and property rights through international and national advocacy. The project aims to provide well-researched le
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Violating children's rights: Harmful practices based on tradition, culture, religion or superstition. Report from the International NGO Council on Violence against Children
The International NGO Council on Violence against Children presents a report on harmful practices based on tradition, culture, religion or superstition that violate the rights of children. Across regions, millions of children are subjected to various form
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Legal Assistance- Update on birth registration for refugees from Syria. Norwegian Refugee Council.
Through its Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) programme,The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) provides information, counselling and legal assistance to refugees from Syria about access to essential services and on legal issues in Lebanon
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Speak Up, Speak Out: Toolkit for Reporting on Human Rights Issues
The Internews toolkit 'Speak Up, Speak Out: A Toolkit for Reporting on Human Rights Issues' is both a human rights reference guide and a workbook for journalists and civic activists who want to improve their ability to report on human rights issues in a f
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Corporal Punishment and the African Children's Charter. An advocacy paper
The investigation to determine whether corporal punishment is allowed in the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) relies on the interpretation of relevant provisions within the Charter. This advocacy paper departs from the point
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La justicia española frente al abuso sexual infantil en el entorno familiar. Un análisis de casos a la luz de los estándares internacionales de derechos humanos
Save the Children warns about serious deficiencies in the Spanish judicial system- assessed against the standards dictated by international human rights law- and its ineffective responses to child sexual abuse cases, especially when very young children ar
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Migration and Disaster-Induced Displacement: European Policy, Practice, and Perspective
Over the last decade, a series of devastating natural disasters have killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions, and decimated the built environment across wide regions, shocking the public imagination and garnering unprecedented financial