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On September 4, 2022, the Security Directorate of Tobruk, a city on Libya’s eastern Mediterranean coast, announced that it had detained 287 undocumented Egyptian migrants who had illegally crossed the Egyptian-Libyan border. The migrants, many of them children as young as 12 years old, had been locked in a warehouse in the suburbs of Tobruk … Continue reading “Libya: Immigration Authorities Detain Egyptian Minors Smuggled into the Country”

On June 15, 2022, the Diet (Japan’s parliament) passed the Children and Family Agency Establishment Act (Act No. 75 of 2022). The Children and Family Agency will be an external bureau of the Cabinet Office whose function is to oversee policies related to children in the country and their welfare. (Act No. 75, art. 2.) … Continue reading “Japan: Children and Family Agency Establishment Act Adopted”

In July 2022, the Egyptian House of Representatives reviewed two new draft laws that would criminalize the act of forced marriage of a minor and the practice of black magic. Draft Law on Underage Marriage On July 17, 2022, the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives determined a penalty, under a draft … Continue reading “Egypt: Parliament Reviews Draft Laws Penalizing Forced Marriage of Minors and Practice of Black Magic”

On May 18, 2022, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed into law Law No. 14,340, which amended Law No. 12,318 of August 26, 2010, to modify procedures to protect children from parental alienation, and Law No. 8,069 of July 13, 1990 (Child and Adolescent Statute), to establish additional procedures for the suspension of family power.According to … Continue reading “Brazil: New Law Modifies Measures to Be Taken Against Parental Alienation”

On May 18, 2022, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued Decree No. 11,074, which amended Decree No. 9,579 of November 22, 2018, and created the Comprehensive Protection Program for Children and Adolescents – Protect Brazil and its management committee (comitê gestor).Decree No. 9,579 consolidated normative acts published by the federal executive branch that provide for infants, … Continue reading “Brazil: New Decree Creates Comprehensive Protection Program for Children and Adolescents”