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What is? The United Nations
Save the Children, Plan and War Child Holland have been working in partnership to create the “What is...” series, which consists of a number of information leaflets on various issues related to children’s rights. These information leaflets will be especia
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Stop the violence! The overuse of pre-trial detention, or the need to reform juvenile justice systems. Review of evidence
A report issued by the Geneva-based Defence for Children International (DCI) relating to juvenile justice issues. One of the key activities in DCI’s juvenile justice programme is the production of 3 annual reports on this central subject. The two previous
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Protecting Palestinian children from political violence.The role of the international community. Forced Migration Policy Briefing 5
Drawing on extensive field and desk research, this study considers the role of international and UN organisations in protecting Palestinian children. Four distinguishing features of a rights-based approach to child protection are identified: the prioritis
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Safe at last? Children on the front line of UK border control
Child asylum seekers arriving in the UK, some suffering from illness or serious injuries, are being denied basics like rest, food and medicine before they complete oppressive and unlawful interviews with the UK Border Agency (UKBA). Safe at Last? reveals
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Power, Voice and Rights: A turning point for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific. Asia Pacific Human Development Report
Women still confront multiple forms of discrimination in every Asia-Pacific country. Despite robust growth and progress on many fronts, gender inequality persists and deprives the region of a significant source of human potential. Countries in the region
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Psychosocial support for children: Protecting the Rights of child victims and witnesses in transitional justice processes
This paper presents a short overview of the obligations of states under international law to prosecute persons accused of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and enforced disappearances, specifically focusing on crimes against children.
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The future is now. Education for children affected by conflict
More than half of all children who are out of school live in conflict-affected fragile states. What are the challenges to getting them into school? And what needs to be done? Save the Children’s Rewrite the Future campaign was launched in 2006 to get chil
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Ending corporal and humiliating punishments- A manual to inform and empower fathers, mothers and caregivers of children
The cornerstone of this manual is the concept that children have the right to a safe and protective environment. They have the right to grow up in families that are free of violence and receive the care they need to develop. These rights are set out in th
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Protección Internacional de la Infancia. Guía práctica sobre derechos, procedimientos y recursos en Castilla-La Mancha
When young children are fleeing persecution, armed conflict or violence in their countries of origin and move across the borders, they are entitled to special protection under international law. This practical guide contains information regarding the righ
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Disappearing, departing, running away. A surfeit of children in Europe?
Terre des hommes – Child Relief Foundation carried out, in 2008 and 2009, an investigation in 4 countries on the disappearance of several unaccompanied foreign minors from the institutions in which the judicial or administrative authorities had placed the
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Att få landa tryggt. Om mottagandet av ensamkommande barn och ungdomar
This 12-page brochure provides information about the care arrangements in Sweden for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and youth. It contains facts and figures (2005-2009) about the increase in the number of children and young people seeking asylum in
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Child soldiers- and other children associated with armed forces and groups. Policy brief
International law outlaws the recruitment and use of children under 18 in armed conflict, yet an estimated 250,000 children are associated with armed forces and groups, some as young as seven. The recruitment and use of children by armed groups is an acut