Latest news from the CRIN, the Child Rights Information Network. http://www.crin.org/resources/news/rss.asp en-gb Copyright: (C) Child Rights Information Network 2001 - 2013 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 59:41 AM GMT http://www.crin.org/i/design/crinlogo_rss.gif http://www.crin.org [19 June 2013] -&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">The death of a 13-year-old girl during a genital mutilation procedure has brought the issue back into the spotlight in Egypt. While some Egyptians are fighting for the practice to be eradicated, others justify it in http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31188 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:15:00 GMT 15 children with mental and physical disabilities died from shortage of food and the effects of cold, court finds. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31187 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:52:00 GMT [15 June 2013] -&nbsp; Malawi is likely to settle for the Convention on the Rights of Child (CRC) marriage age of 18 following consultations the Ministry of Gender and Child Welfare embarked on to incorporate stakeholder's views to determine the right minimum matrimonial age after parliam http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31162 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:01:00 GMT Children in Mali, some as young as 13, who were recruited as child soldiers by armed groups or suspected of links with them, are now being detained by Malian forces alongside adults, where some say they've been tortured, Amnesty International revealed after returning from a four-week visit to the country. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31161 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:43:00 GMT [13 June 2013] -&nbsp; <p id="story_continues_1" class="introduction">Female genital mutilation is not being properly tackled in the UK as police and social workers are afraid of being seen as politically incorrect, MPs say. Ministers are spending &pound;35m abroad on ending the prac http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31142 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:00:00 GMT [13 June 2013] -&nbsp; <p id="story_continues_1" class="introduction">Thousands of children have been killed in the Syria uprising since March 2011, according to a new global UN report on children and armed conflict. Calling the toll "unbearable", the study said government forces and http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31140 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:27:00 GMT While the proposal has been met by strong opposition by religious groups, liberals and socialists appear to agree that age should not be regarded as a decisive factor in the event of a request for euthanasia. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31129 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:11:00 GMT [12 June 2013] -<span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">The&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;" href="http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/WDACL/lang--en/index.htm">World Day Against Child Labou http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31127 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:45:00 GMT New report on domestic work within the framework of the two ILO fundamental conventions on child labour and the recently adopted instruments on decent work for domestic workers. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31126 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:36:00 GMT [10 June 2013] -&nbsp; &nbsp; <span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">The Taliban have beheaded two boys for spying in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, officials say.</span> The boys, 10 and 16, had been scavenging for food in bins near police headquarte http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31114 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:26:00 GMT A draconian bill passed by the Nigerian House of Representatives would have wide-ranging impact on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons and must not be signed into law, says the International Service for Human Rights. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31102 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:06:00 GMT UN experts have voiced grave concern that two Russian non-governmental organizations that gave evidence to the UN Committee against Torture have been charged by Russian prosecutors. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31099 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:55:00 GMT A school stampede, sparked by pupils fleeing from a teacher who was wielding a stick, has claimed the life of an uMlazi pupil. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31084 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:18:00 GMT Sexual violence against women in Egypt has increased in the post-revolutionary Islamist rule, according to official reports and rights activists. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31083 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:55:00 GMT The Syrian government has interrogated students and carried out violent assaults on their protests and military attacks on schools, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.Both government forces and opposition armed groups have used schools as military bases, barracks, detention centers, and sniper posts, turning places of learning into military targets and putting students at risk. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31082 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:50:00 GMT &nbsp; [3 June 2013] - A senior police official dismissed a state media report that some 200,000 children disappear in China every year. China National Radio reported the figure in a nighttime newscast on Saturday, fuelling an ongoing debate about how children should be be http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31076 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:54:00 GMT UK Inspectors found that youth offenders were "exposed to unacceptable levels of violence" at a privately-run institution near Bristol. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31067 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:35:00 GMT Survey finds that over 5,000 teachers physically disciplined more than 10,000 students in 2012. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31063 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:50:00 GMT The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, has urged world governments to develop and sustain effective legal aid systems as an essential component of a fair and efficient justice system founded on the rule of law. http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31056 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:25:00 GMT The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, today called for a global pause in the development and deployment of lethal autonomous robots (LARs), to allow “serious and meaningful international engagement on this issue before we proceed to a world where machines are given the power to kill humans.” http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=31053 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:34:00 GMT