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05-11-2009
Violence, exploitation and abuse of children can be brought to an end by creating a protective environment. UNICEF’s report Progress for Children: A Report Card on Child Protection document some improvements in bringing social change, and the challenges in building a safe world for children.
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Image: Cover page of the report/ Photo credit: UNICEF
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01-10-2009
The Resistance of the Monks, a Human Rights Watch publication, provides a detailed account of the repression on monks and the violations of their rights in Burma [Myanmar]. It slams the military junta’s shoddy approach to justice and recommends that political prisoners be freed.
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Image: Cover page of the report/ Photo credit: Human Rights Watch
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21-08-2009
UN Millennium Campaign's publication The MDGs through Socio-Economic Rights is an advocacy tool for parliamentarians, legislators and citizens groups, promoting the MDGs as human rights in constitution making and national reform processes.
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Image: Cover page of the handbook/ Photo credit: UNMC
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17-08-2009
The Indian police system requires a major overhaul to check the rampant use of illegal procedures and unethical methods of investigation, says Human Rights Watch’s new report Broken System: Dysfunction, Abuse and Impunity in the Indian Police. It recommends proper training and enactment of strong laws against torture.
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Image: Public confidence in the police is low and decreasing/ Photo credit: TwoCircles.Net
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20-06-2009
Refugee Girls: The Invisible Faces of War is a comprehensive document by the Women’s Refugee Commission. It narrates untold stories of millions of girls displaced by conflicts and shows how with education these girls can emerge out of the crisis.
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Image: Afghan girls study in a school for refugee children in Quetta, Pakistan/ Photo credit: Google
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01-06-2009
Amnesty International’s report: The State of the World’s Human Rights reveals that global recession is fuelling suppression of human rights. As governments worldwide crack down on people protesting against economic hardships, the document highlights the need for a new global deal to avert further instability.
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Image: Human rights activist protesting in Nepal/ Photo credit: Amnesty
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14-05-2009
UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Global Report on Trafficking in Persons assesses the different forms of human trafficking and the global fight to end the practice. It explains the growth of modern slave markets and exposes ineffectiveness of governments in implementing legislations for curbing the crime across borders.
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Image: Cover page of the report/ Photo credit: UNODC
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12-05-2009
Forced labour worldwide amounts to over $20 billion, in terms of lost earnings, says ILO’s new report: The Cost of Coercion. The report presents a new perspective on this insidious practice and suggests implementing integrated policies and programmes to empower those at risk.
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Image: Milions are tricked into exploitation and forced to work in sub-standard conditions/ Photo credit: ILO
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22-04-2009
Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity has published a paper titled: The making of Sri Lanka’s post-conflict economic package and the future of the 2001-2004 peace process. It points out the impact of market reforms in destabilising the peace-building process in the country.
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14-04-2009
UNAIDS’ new document Disability and HIV Policy Brief calls for HIV services to be inclusive of persons with disabilities. It recommends stakeholders to formulate policies responding to the diverse needs of the disabled and seeking their increased participation in HIV response.
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Image: Disability and HIV/ Photo credit: UNAIDS
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