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	ARMED CONFLICT: Most rape victims in conflict zones are children Most victims of sexual violence in conflict zones are children who are suffering rape and abuse at an appalling rate, said campaigners who described the attacks as the "hidden horrors of war".	11/04/2013	AlertNet
	ARGENTINA: Pope Francis and Argentina's 'disappeared' pregnant women and children The election of Pope Francis has thrown a spotlight on his conduct as a priest under Argentina's military dictatorship in the late 70s and early 80s, and in particular at what point he found out about one of the country's most shameful episodes: the disappearance of pregnant women and their babies.	11/04/2013	BBC
	AMERICAS: Report on IACHR's 147th session Children's rights featured in hearings on women and girls reproductive rights in Nicaragua and South America, children's right to nationality in the Dominican Republic, children detained with adults in the United States, violence against indigenous women and girls in Canada, as well as school violence, forced disappearances and migration in the Americas.	09/04/2013	Child Rights International Network
	AFGHANISTAN: Ten children and US diplomat killed in weekend of violence A suicide attack claimed six lives, including the first US state department officer to die in Afghanistan since the 1970s, and Nato air attacks killed 10 children over a weekend that was a bloody reminder of the scale of the country's conflict.	08/04/2013	The Guardian
	ARMED VIOLENCE: UN Expert welcomes historic adoption of Arms Trade Treaty	05/04/2013	Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children
	SAUDI ARABIA: Paralysis sentence 'grotesque', says UK Foreign Office Punishment handed down to Ali al-Khawahir for stabbing he committed aged 14 must not be carried out, urge British officials.	04/04/2013	The Guardian
	USA: Fears American children are being over-medicated as ADHD rates soar American parents were accused of using mental health drugs to enhance their healthy children, after official figures showed one in five secondary-school age boys had been diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder.	04/04/2013	The Daily Telegraph
	EGYPT: How radical rulers crush the lives and hopes of girls Women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in Tahrir Square in 2011. Now they are back on the streets, opposing a new constitution that sweeps away their rights and opens the way for 13 year old girls to be married. And in Cairo's slums, life grows harder as the gulf between the sexes widens.	03/04/2013	The Guardian
	RUSSIA: Government raids human rights groups in crackdown on 'foreign agents' Germany and France summoned Russian diplomats in Berlin and Paris, after Russia launched a series of raids on international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across the country amid a wider crackdown on critics of the Kremlin.	02/04/2013	The Guardian
	PAKISTAN: Battling militants' ban on polio vaccines in North Waziristan Parents and officials are going to great lengths to immunize children after militants imposed a ban on polio vaccinations in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan Agency.	02/04/2013	IRIN News
	PHILIPPINES: Bill seeks to protect rights of children in armed conflict Lawmakers are seeking the passage of a measure in the next Congress that would slap a penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of up to P5 million against those who would encourage, compel or influence children to be part of an armed group.	02/04/2013	Manila Bulletin
	MALDIVES: The culture of flogging - a systematic abuse of human rights	26/03/2013	Minivan News
	HRC: Session 22 closes with important country-specific resolutions The 22nd session of the Human Rights Council closed on Friday with 35 resolutions adopted on a wide range of issues, including the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry on North Korea and the appointment of an Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali.	25/03/2013	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
	UNITED STATES: Drones: No Safe Place for Children This piece was written by Katie Taylor from Reprieve, a human rights organisation that promotes the rule of law around the world and strives to secure each person’s right to a fair trial. Ms Taylor gives us an insight into how the US drone programme affects children's lives and how their use against children amounts to grave violations of their rights.	22/03/2013	Reprieve
	UN: International Day on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination focuses on sport What can we really do to put racism offside? - Asks a group of top human rights experts on racial discrimination on the International Day on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.	21/03/2013	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
	UN adopts landmark resolution on protection of human rights defenders The use and abuse of national law to impair, restrict and criminalise the work of human rights defenders is a contravention of international law and must end, according to a landmark resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council today.	21/03/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	DRC: SRSG Zerrougui calls for immediate transfer of Congolese warlord Ntaganda to the International Criminal Court Bosco Ntaganda, the fugitive Congolese warlord responsible for grave child rights violations surrendered yesterday at the Embassy of the United States of America in Kigali, Rwanda, and requested his immediate transfer to the International Criminal Court to face war crimes charges.	20/03/2013	Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
	ARMED CONFLICT: Explosive weapons: A threat to children Tens of thousands of civilians are killed and injured every year by the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. Children are disproportionately affected by explosive attacks. In a United Nations system wide effort, military and civilian protection experts came together in New York to analyse direct and long-term effects of the weapons and to discuss ways to reduce civilian casualties and human suffering.	20/03/2013	Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
	UN: Historic Declaration adopted to combat violence against women Last week, Muslim and Western nations overcame deep divisions to agree on a landmark UN Declaration to combat violence against women and girls.	19/03/2013	AFP - Agence France Presse
	RIGHT TO HEALTH: CRC Committee publishes new General Comment The Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its General Comment No. 15 on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (Article. 24). The General Comment was adopted during the Committee's 62nd session.	18/03/2013	Committee on the Rights of the Child
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