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Violence against albino children in Africa
FI delivered a joint written statement to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the Human Rights and the Human Rights Council to the plight of albino children in the United Republic of Tanzania. In recent ...
Child marriage in India
Further to the annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-Gerneral on Violence against Children, FI submitted a written statement to draw attention to the issue of child marriage which is a deeply-rooted tradition in Indian society. The ...
Widespread incidence of torture in the provinces of Papua and West Papua in Indonesia
During the UPR of Indonesia in 2008, the government agreed to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture, Cruel, Inhumane and Other Degrading Treatment or Punishment, to include the crime of torture in the criminal code, and to ...
