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	INDIA: Report sheds light on juvenile justice in conflict affected districts Report by Asian Centre for Human Rights highlights the state of juvenile justice in the 197 districts suffering from internal armed conflict in India.	25/03/2013	Asian Center for Human Rights
	INDIA: Government bans all forms of child labour Child Rights activists across India have hailed the Parliament of India for passing a landmark law against trafficking.	22/03/2013	Bachpan Bachao Andolan
	International Colloquium on Juvenile Justice HAQ: Centre for Child Rights, in partnership with Penal Reform International, the National Law University in Delhi, UNICEF India, Save the Children India, Child Fund India and Cordaid, is organizing an International Colloquium on Juvenile Justice on 16-18 March.	16/03/2013	HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
	INDIA: Rescuers fear India will drop new law banning child labour A radical new law to ban child trafficking in India may be dropped by the country's parliament. The Observer has learned that attempts have been made to water down the proposed move despite evidence showing the trafficking of hundreds of thousands of children in the country.	25/02/2013	The Guardian - UK
	INDIA: Fighting for the implementation of child protection laws In the Bengal region in the west, trafficking and sexual exploitation are still the most serious scourges faced by the Terre des hommes teams. At an interview given to the local paper Postnoon , Lopa Bhattacharjee, coordinator for child protection, spoke of Tdh’s activities in India. Here is a resume of his interview, focussing on the efforts still to be made in the matter of implementing the child protection laws.	21/02/2013	Terre des hommes - child relief
	INDIA: New Sexual Violence Ordinance should be rejected, say human rights groups Legislators in India should substantially amend or replace the new criminal law on violence against women in the forthcoming budget session of the parliament, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have said.	19/02/2013	Human Rights Watch
	INDIA: UN Chief praises groundbreaking report on violence against women The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on Friday welcomed the report of the Verma Committee as a groundbreaking basis for action against violence against women in India, and urged the Government to follow through on its vision and recommendations.	25/01/2013	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
	INDIA: Child maids face slavery, abuse and sometimes rape	22/01/2013	Washington Post
	What Inequality Means For Children: Evidence From Young Lives Understanding how poverty and inequalities affect children is central to understanding the impact of the MDGs and development of the post-2015 agenda. This paper draws together research from across the Young Lives longitudinal study of child poverty to answer questions about how inequality shapes children’s development. Our conclusions are wide-ranging – spanning education, health and nutrition, and psychosocial development. Overall, the evidence is clear – that children from the poorest households are most vulnerable and quickly fall behind their peers, in terms of equality of opport	15/01/2013	Young Lives
	INDIA: Outcry after rape of girl triggers calls for reduction in age of consent Following the girl's rape, the suggestion that the age of marriage  should be be lowered to reduce rapes, sparked both a wave of  anger and a debate about India’s attitudes towards women.	07/11/2012	The Independent
	INDE : Le Moyen Age sévit aux abords de New Delhi Dans l'État de l'Haryana, le nombre de viols a doublé en huit ans, avec pour premières victimes certaines castes et les jeunes filles considérées comme inférieures.	30/10/2012	Le Monde
	INDIA: Schools across country spurn children with HIV	24/10/2012	Deccan Herald
	INDIA: Court rules that evidence of child witnesses cannot be rejected outright In a recent case of child sex abuse, the Delhi High Court ruled that "the evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected outright, [but it] must be evaluated more carefully and with greater circumspection because a child is susceptible to be swayed by others."	23/10/2012	Economic Times, India
	INDIA: Devise code of conduct for private schools, says child rights panel Research has found that private schools are not admitting children belonging to poorer social groups.	08/10/2012	The Hindu
	INDIA: Persistent violations of children's rights The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international human rights mechanism. This is done with the intention of identifying children's rights which have been repeatedly violated, as well as gaps in the issues covered by NGOs in their alternative reports to the various human rights monitoring bodies. These violations are listed in no particular order. Please note this is a work in progress. Send comments to info@crin.org	17/09/2012	Child Rights International Network
	INDIA: Children's rights in the UN Special Procedures' reports This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, which are available as separate reports. Please note that the language may have been edited in places for the purpose of clarity.	13/09/2012	Child Rights International Network
	INDIA: Ministry proposes ban on corporal punishment A 2007 study on child abuse revealed that almost 65 per cent of children suffer corporal punishment in schools.	11/09/2012	The Hindu
	INDIA: Supreme Court seeks information on missing children	17/08/2012	BBC
	INHUMAN SENTENCING: Life imprisonment of children in the Commonwealth Report on life imprisonment sentences for children in the Commonwealth States.	01/08/2012	Child Rights International Network
	INDIA: Prohibition of Child Marriage Act will override personal laws, says High Court On 28 July, the Delhi High Court passed a judgement on child marriage.	31/07/2012	Hindustan Times
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