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Otras Situaciones de Violencia Contra la Infancia y la Adolescencia en el Triángulo Norte Centroamericano
El presente estudio incorpora las dos miradas más frecuentes sobre el término Otras Situaciones de Violencia (OSV) en años recientes; y las actualiza y aterriza a la situación de la Infancia y la Adolescencia en el Triángulo Norte Centroamericano. De un l
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Children on the Run: Unaccompanied children leaving Central America and Mexico and the need for international protection
With a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, UNHCR Washington undertook an extensive study to examine the reasons why children are displaced from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. The study conducted over 400 interviews
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Violence, Children and Organized Crime
In this report, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights examines inequality, social exclusion, and violence in the Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean. This report shows that the conditions in which children and adolescents live, in contexts w
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Violencia, niñez y crimen organizado
Children represent one of the groups most affected by various forms of violence and violations of rights associated with organised crime. In general, the responses of States have not been sufficient to provide adequate protection to the children most affe
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Children trafficked for exploitation in begging and criminality: A challenge for law enforcement and child protection
In 2002, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) established an Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk (EGCC), a group of representatives from the ministries responsible for child policy in the CBSS Member States. The Expert Group set up the
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Save the Children Newsletter. April 2013. A Comprehensive Response to On-Line Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in SEE
Save the Children Newsletter covering news on the Project "A Comprehensive Response to On-Line Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in SEE” implemented in Serbia, Bulgaria and Bosnia & Herzegovina, with the primary purpose of strengthening systems in preve
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Violencia y trata de personas en Centroamérica. Oportunidades de intervención regional
The study “Violencia y trata de personas en Centroamérica: oportunidades de intervención regional” conducted by Save the Children in collaboration with Nicaragua's Institute for Public Policy and Strategic Studies (IEEPP, by its Spanish acronym), shows th
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Never Work Alone. Trade Unions and NGOs joining forces to combat Forced Labour and Trafficking in Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Anti-Slavery International (ASI) have jointly produced "Never Work Alone", a guide intended for trade unions and civil society organisations in combating modern-day slavery and trafficking of workers.
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An EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
An agenda for reinforcing children's rights in the EU by putting the principles included in the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights into action. It lists 11 actions that the Commission will take over the next years to protect children’s rights, including p
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Small World, Big Responsibility- The UK’s role in the global trade in children
This report seeks to provide a snapshot of how child exploitation is part of a global trade operating in the world today. And it’s a lucrative business. Human trafficking is thought to be the third biggest international organised crime, after the drugs an
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Child Trafficking in the Nordic Countries: Rethinking strategies and national responses (A technical report)
The study "Child Trafficking in the Nordic Countries: Rethinking strategies and national responses – Technical report", was initiated with twin aims: improving understanding of child trafficking and responses in the region; and contributing to the interna
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Forced from home: The lost boys and girls from Central America
Increasing drug and organized crime violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador is the primary reason behind a dramatic upsurge in the number of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the border into the United States, and until conditions in these