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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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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
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Las prácticas de evaluación de la edad: Una revisión de la literatura y bibliografía comentada
Age assessment refers to the procedures through which authorities seek to establish the chronological age of an individual and is applied in a variety of contexts and for a number of different purposes. The age of separated children is a pivotal factor in
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Should the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change recognize climate migrants?
This article addresses the expected increase of migration flows due to climate change, especially from socially and environmentally vulnerable populations, and the absence of official protection under international law, which has implications for the huma
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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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Out from the shadows: Sexual violence against children with disabilities
A report that sheds light on the shocking issue of sexual violence against children with disabilities. All over the world, children with disabilities are suffering from sexual violence at the hands of perpetrators who operate with almost total impunity. A
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Participation and Violence: Executive summary and conclusions
This is a summarised version of the study “Promotion of Protagonist and Meaningful Participation of Children and Adolescents Exposed to Violence”, and it comprises only the executive summary and the conclusions, recommendations and strategies of the origi
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Turned away: Summary returns of unaccompanied migrant children and adult asylum seekers from Italy to Greece
This report released by Human Rights Watch documents the failure of the Italian border police at the Adriatic ports of Ancona, Bari, Brindisi, and Venice to screen adequately for people in need of protection, in violation of Italy’s legal obligations. It
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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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Fact Sheet- Child Protection
A fact sheet looking at several aspects of child protection and the needs and priorities of vulnerable children. Children in every country, every culture and at every social level face various forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. The abuse
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Children and armed conflict: A guide to International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law
This Guide sets out the standards and principles guaranteeing the most fundamental rights of children in armed conflict. The International Bureau for Children Rights (The Bureau) is committed to the promotion and the protection of the rights of children a
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The legal status of unaccompanied children within international, European and national frameworks: Protective standards vs Restrictive implementation
The PUCAFREU project involves conducting research into the situation of unaccompanied children living in the European Union space and staying unprotected outside the care and the control of State authorities.This document constitutes a first stage of the