The UN’s child rights committee has urged Chile’s government to establish a truth commission in response to the systemic abuse of children across institutions.
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In this opinion piece for Chile’s national survivors’ network, we highlight the essential next steps to securing truth and justice in Latin America’s clergy abuse scandal, discussing what’s necessary and what’s feasible.
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What is the impact on the mental health of under-18s in a country that spends less than one percent of its health budget on mental healthcare? CRIN spoke with Kavita Mangnani, clinical psychologist and director of the restorative care programme at HAQ-Centre for Child Rights in Delhi.
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Reports of escalating violence against women and children in the home followed the announcement of lockdowns to control the spread of Covid-19. Here we take a look at available data from domestic violence and child helplines and highlight that violence against women and children in the home is a pandemic too.
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Overcrowded facilities such as prisons, care homes and orphanages are breeding grounds for Covid-19. But children living in residential institutions have received little media attention. How should governments be responding during – and after – this pandemic?
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