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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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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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Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration
The Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration is jointly produced by the European Court of Human Rights and the FRA. It examines the relevant law in the field of asylum, borders and immigration stemming from both European system
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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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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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The Impact of Child Detention: Occupied Palestinian Territory
Save the Children and East Jerusalem YMCA – Rehabilitation Program have launched their joint report "Impact of Child Detention: occupied Palestinian territory". The report describes the psychosocial repercussions on children, their families and their comm
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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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Struggling to Survive- Children Living Alone on the Streets of Tanzania and Kenya
A new study by Railway Children finds a 'silent war' is being waged in Tanzania and Kenya against children forced on to the streets. The children who took part in the study have been exposed to a relentless ordeal of extreme physical and sexual violence,
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Right to Asylum for Unaccompanied Minors in the European Union: Comparative study in the 27 EU countries
Although the right to asylum is provided by a European and international legal framework that is legally binding on all EU member states, unaccompanied children face many obstacles when accessing their right to asylum in Europe. This publication, coordina