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ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol.2 No.41 (08 October 2003)

UNICEF: UNICEF Sees Children Caught in Cycle of Poverty [News]
Tens of millions of young people, mainly in poor countries, are caught in a cycle of poverty, disease and sexual exploitation for want of schooling, the United Nations (news - web sites) Children's Fu...

CHILD SOLDIERS: UNICEF Criticises Tamil Tigers on Child Soldiers [Feature]
The U.N. children's agency blasted the Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday for abducting more children in eastern Sri Lanka just days after it opened a centre to return their child soldiers to civilian life...

PHILIPPINES: Children on Death Row - Breach of Domestic and International Laws [News Release - Amnesty Internation]
Philippine and international law are clear: child offenders cannot be sentenced to death or executed, Amnesty International said today, launching its latest report "Philippines: Something hanging over...

BANGLADESH: The World Organisation Against Torture Expresses its Concern Regarding Violence Against Girls and the Juvenile Justice System [press release]
he UN Committee on the Rights of the Child will today begin its examination of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Bangladesh. In its alternative country report entitle...

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