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Letter of Amici dei Bambini to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child |
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AiBi has sent a letter to the Geneva UN Committee on the Rights of the Child- a body that has to verify the State's compliance with the 1989 UN Convention, already ratified by Italy - to denounce the delay of Italy in facing the ratification process of the 1996 Hague Convention, an act against articles 3,4,5 and 20 of the UN CRC Convention.
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Rise in African children accused of witchcraft |
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An increasing number of children are being accused of witchcraft in parts of Africa, the UN children's agency says. Orphans, street children, albinos and the disabled are most at risk. A new UNICEF report warns that children accused of being witches - some as young as eight - have been burned, beaten and even killed as punishment.
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Who are Out-of-Family Children?
All those minors who are orphans or separated from their biological family who temporary live in residential facilities or in foster-family conditions and who therefore run the risk of social exclusion.
The OFC condition must be a temporary condition and this provisional status should be granted by placing the minor in a stable family context as soon as possible.
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