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Proposed Law Defines Child Pornography and Punishes Pedophilia (Nov. 25, 2008) by Eduardo Soares
On November 11, 2008, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved a proposed law designed to improve the fight against the production, sale, and distribution of child ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Joint Custody Determinations (Nov. 24, 2008) by Dario Ferreira
On October 16, 2008, Peru's President Alan Garcia Perez promulgated Law No. 29269, amending articles 81 and 84 of the Code of the Child and the ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Peru
Supreme Court Allows Minor's Move to Germany, Subject to Conditions (Oct. 08, 2008) by Ruth Levush
On October 2, 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel accepted an appeal on a decision of the Tel-Aviv District Court to prohibit the return of a ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Israel
Second Circuit Denies Application of Hague Convention on Child Abduction to Chilean Claimant (Oct. 02, 2008) by Dante Figueroa
On July 18, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a final judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Southern ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Chile / United States
Ineffective Law Enforcement Weakens Child Protection Enforcement (Jul. 02, 2008) by Hanibal Goitom
AFP reported on June 18, 2008, that Catherine Namugala, Zambia's Minister of Community Development and Social Services, has blamed the failure of child protection efforts in ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Zambia
Accusations Connected with Child Soldiers (May. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo will be tried in June 2008 by the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is accused of recruiting child soldiers in the Democratic Republic ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the / International Criminal Court
Child and Juvenile Welfare Law Amended (May. 02, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
On April 22, 2008, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan approved amendments to the Child and Juvenile Welfare Law that impose fines on anyone who encourages the young to ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Taiwan
Child Law (May. 02, 2008) by Hanibal Goitom
41 of 2007, which includes provisions on "partial care of children, early childhood development, prevention and early intervention, foster care, child and youth care centers, protection ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: South Africa
Assistance to Minors Who Are Victims of Sexual or Other Violent Offenses (May. 02, 2008) by Ruth Levush
On April 2, 2008, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Assistance to Minors Who Are Victims of Sexual or Other Violent Offenses Law, 5768-2008. The Law ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Israel
Stricter Measures for Those Convicted of Sexual Violence Against Children (May. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
Ten- and eight-year-old girls (Hye-jin and Yae-seul) vanished in South Korea on Christmas day in 2007. A suspect was arrested in March 2008. He confessed that ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Child Sexual Exploitation Convention Signed (Mar. 02, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
On February 4, 2008, Iceland signed the Council of Europe's Convention on the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (CETS No. 201, available ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Iceland
Protocol to Child Rights Convention Ratified (Jan. 03, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
China's National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) adopted a decision on December 29, 2007, to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: China
French Aid Workers Convicted (Jan. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
Six French aid workers from the organization Zoé's Ark have been convicted of attempting to kidnap more than one hundred children in Chad. The court in ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Chad
U.N. Report Calls for Improved Juvenile Justice System (Dec. 02, 2007) by Constance Johnson
A November 14, 2007, report issued by the United Nations mission in Liberia states that the country's juvenile justice system needs to be made stronger to ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Liberia
Last updated: 11/25/2008