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"This is where I'm going to be when I die". Children facing life imprisonment without the possibility of release in the USA
More than 2,500 people in the USA are serving a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of release for crimes committed when they were younger than 18 years old, in violation of international human rights law. This report highlights the case
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Child safety online: Global challenges and strategies
Innocenti's new report, prepared in partnership with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) in the UK, discusses the nature and scale of sexual abuse and exploitation of children online. The report pinpoints key areas that are essentia
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Ending corporal punishment of children. A handbook for working with and within religious communities
A handbook for working with and within religious communities on how to end corporal punishment of children, developed jointly by Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment of Children, Churches’ Network for Non Violence and Save the Children Sweden.
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In the Best Interest of the Child: Harmonising Laws on Children in West and Central Africa. Addis Ababa: The African Child Policy forum
This report reviews the extent to which a number of West and Central African countries have harmonised their laws along the lines of what is required under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the rights and Welfare o
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Safe at last? Law and practice in selected EU member states with respect to asylum seekers fleeing indiscriminate violence
The broad objective of this research was to investigate in several Member States the extent to which implementation of the European Qualification Directive delivers international protection to persons fleeing situations of indiscriminate violence, and to
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Customary Justice: From Program Design to Impact Evaluation
This document intends to provide guidance to international and national actors on the potential role of customary justice systems in fostering the rule of law and access to justice in post-conflict, post-disaster and development contexts. It wishes to pro
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Next steps to protect children in armed conflict: Briefing Note to the UN Security Council
This briefing note outlines practical and achievable steps that the UN Security Council can take to ensure stronger protection for children affected by armed conflict. The recommendations detailed in this note are based on 32 interviews with child protect
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Devastating Impact. Explosive weapons and children
This report examines the impact of explosive weapons on children and their communities. Thousands of children have been killed as a direct consequence of explosive weapons. Many more have died or will die because of the damage caused to health services an
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Children's Right to be Heard and Effective Child Protection: A Guide for governments and children´s rights advocates in involving children and young people in ending all forms of violence
This publication offers guidance and practical examples to show the varied roles children can play in implementing the overarching recommendations of the United Nations Secretary General’s Global Study on Violence against Children. Building on the Committ
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Human Rights Watch World Report. Events of 2011
Human Rights Watch’s annual review of human rights practices around the globe, summarizes major rights issues in more than 90 countries, reflecting the extensive investigative work carried out in 2011 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partners
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Engaging Nonstate Armed Groups on the Protection of Children: Towards strategic complementarity
This Issue Brief, entitled "Engaging Nonstate Armed Groups on the Protection of Children: Towards Strategic Complementarity", is published by the Non-Governmental Organization Geneva Call in collaboration with the International Peace Institute. The Issue
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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