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    Preventing recruitment of child soldiers in ‘pre-conflict’ Bangladesh

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Poverty, discrimination, inequality and a culture of political violence in Bangladesh are increasing children’s vulnerability to being recruited as soldiers. There is currently no armed conflict within Bangladesh.
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    Rule-of-law tool for post-conflict states: maximizing the legacy of hybrid courts

    UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2008
    Drawing on the lessons learned from hybrid courts since 1999, this policy tool aims to explore the potential positive impact hybrid courts may have on the domestic justice system of post-conflict states, and respect for human rights, and to examine how hybrid courts can receive the mandates and necessary political support required to be more effective in terms of legacy and capacity-building.
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    People’s Republic of China: the Olympics countdown – broken promises

    Amnesty International, 2008
    In the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, this paper assesses progress made by the Chinese authorities to improve human rights in line with their own commitments made in 2001 when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose Beijing to host the Games.
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    Freedom of expression course for Nepal (trainer supplement)

    Article 19, 2008
    “Freedom of expression is widely recognised as a framework right, one which is important in its own right but which also serves to underpin respect for all other rights.” This training course aims to provide a framework for those interested in the right to freedom of expression – whether they are journalists, NGO activists, officials or others – with an understanding of the
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    Freedom of expression course for Nepal (participant manual)

    Article 19, 2008
    “Freedom of expression is widely recognised as a framework right: one which is important in its own right but which also serves to underpin respect for all other rights.” This training manual aims to provide a course framework for those interested in the right to freedom of expression – whether they are journalists, NGO activists, officials or others – with an understanding
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    Reporting on violence against children: a thematic guide for non-governmental organisations reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

    Consortium for Street Children, 2008
    These guidelines are designed to help non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to include comprehensive information on the incidence of violence in their reports to the Committee.
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    China Human Rights Report 2007

    Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, 2007
    This report gives an overview of human rights in China in 2007. Based on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the report presents human rights under five categories: social rights, political rights, judicial rights, economic and environmental rights, and educational and cultural rights.
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    Stamping out rights: the impact of anti-terrorism laws on policing

    Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2007
    This report examines anti-terrorism laws that relate specifically to police powers, and how they have effected policing on the ground in Commonwealth countries.
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    Training guide on Human Rights Instruments in the Euro-Mediterranean Instruments

    Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, 2007
    Part of a wider project aimed at strengthening the role of civil society in the Euromed region, this guide aims to facilitate civil society’s contribution to human rights promotion and protection within the Barcelona process and the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).
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    Congolese refugees in Uganda reflect on ethnicity and citizenship

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Ethnic divisions and disputes over entitlement to citizenship have fuelled prolonged conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uganda officially hosts 17,000 Congolese refugees, but the actual figure is much higher because many do not formally register.

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