Human Rights Watch: Global Efforts Needed to Free Detained Children
October 07, 2019
October 07, 2019
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
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- UN Study Finds at Least 1.5 Million Locked Up Each Year
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A new global study on children deprived of their liberty should prompt United Nations member countries to take steps to dramatically decrease the number of children detained and confined, a group of 170 nongovernmental organizations said today.
Manfred Nowak, a UN independent expert, will p . . .
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- UN Study Finds at Least 1.5 Million Locked Up Each Year
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A new global study on children deprived of their liberty should prompt United Nations member countries to take steps to dramatically decrease the number of children detained and confined, a group of 170 nongovernmental organizations said today.
Manfred Nowak, a UN independent expert, will p . . .