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Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
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Baavan Akhari (250-262)
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Thittee (296-300)
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Gurbani (323-330)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
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Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
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Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 173972" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">UN Criticizes Canada On Crime Bill And Youth </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>CP - By Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Posted: 10/09/2012 2:07 pm EDT Updated: 10/09/2012 5:00 pm EDT</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>OTTAWA -</strong> The federal government's tough-on-crime agenda is "excessively punitive" for youth and is a step backwards for Canada's child rights record, says a United Nations group.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The UN committee on the rights of the child has finished a 10-year review of how Canada treats its children and how well governments are implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">In particular, the committee says Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act complied with international standards until changes were introduced earlier this year.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The Harper government's Bill C-10 — an omnibus crime bill that includes stiffer penalties for youth and makes it easier to try them as adults — no longer conforms to the child rights convention or other international standards.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Bill C-10 "is excessively punitive for children and not sufficiently restorative in nature," the committee wrote in a report published over the weekend.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"The committee also regrets there was no child rights assessment or mechanism to ensure that Bill C-10 complied with the provisions of the convention."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The committee also repeatedly expressed its concern that aboriginal and black children are dramatically overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Aboriginal youth are more likely to be jailed than graduate from high school, the report said.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">In order to meet the standards of the UN convention, Ottawa should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility and ensure that no one under 18 is ever tried as an adult, the report said.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Authorities should also be developing alternatives to detention, writing rules to restrain the use of force against children in detention and to separate girls from boys in jail, the committee added.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Governments should determine why so many aboriginal and black children and youth are involved in the criminal justice system and figure out how to reduce the disparity, the report recommended.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The committee also chastised Canada for failing to provide equal social services to aboriginal children — especially in the realm of child welfare, an issue now before Canadian courts.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">It accused authorities of "serious and widespread discrimination" in the services they offer aboriginal children, visible minorities, immigrants and children with disabilities.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"The UN joins the auditor general, leading experts and First Nations in calling on the federal government to step up to the plate and ensure equity for First Nations children," said advocate Cindy Blackstock of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"There is simply no excuse for a government to discriminate against children."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The child rights convention is a binding international treaty that Canada ratified in 1991. Signatories are obliged to defend their child rights' records and explain progress at regular intervals before a UN committee.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Canadian officials appeared before the committee two weeks ago.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Justice Minister Rob Nicholson rejects the claim that his crime legislation does not comply with the child rights' convention, said spokeswoman Julie Di Mambro.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The legislation was amended to ensure no one under the age of 18 is detained in an adult facility, she noted.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"Our legislation reflects the need to protect society from serious and violent young offenders," Di Mambro said. "It targets the small number of violent, repeat young offenders and its measures are balanced, effective, and responsible."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Previously in the House of Commons, Conservative parliamentary secretary Bob Dechert lashed out at the UN committee because one of its members is from Syria.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"Syria, a country whose rulers are stealing the innocence of an entire generation of its children, is criticizing Canada," he said. "Imagine that.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"This is no doubt to distract from the atrocities that Syrian children are currently facing every day."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But critics say Ottawa is wrong to write off the UN committee — even if Canada is not among the worst offenders.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"You can't sign on to a treaty like the Convention on the Rights of the Child without adhering to the guidelines that it lays out," said Jaskiran Dhillon, a representative for Justice for Girls.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"It sets an international bar for what treating and taking care of your children and youth looks like. It doesn't mean that you disregard the most marginalized ... populations of your country."</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The report also wants Canada to:</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Adopt a national strategy to implement children's rights, alleviate poverty and prevent violence.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Address high levels of violence against aboriginal women and girls.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Ensure child victims of violence have access to restraining orders and other means of protection.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Help troubled parents take better care of their children instead of sending them into foster care.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Ensure disabled children are not forced into segregated schooling.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Monitor the use of drugs to treat mental conditions in children, to curtail over-medication.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Eliminate user fees in public schools.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Increase the availability of free or affordable daycare.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Rehabilitate Omar Khadr.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Stop detaining child refugee claimants.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">— Act to prevent obesity among children.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source:</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/10/09/un-canada-crime-bill_n_1951935.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/10/09/un-canada-crime-bill_n_1951935.html</a> </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 173972, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"][B][SIZE="5"]UN Criticizes Canada On Crime Bill And Youth [/SIZE] CP - By Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press Posted: 10/09/2012 2:07 pm EDT Updated: 10/09/2012 5:00 pm EDT[/B] [B] OTTAWA -[/B] The federal government's tough-on-crime agenda is "excessively punitive" for youth and is a step backwards for Canada's child rights record, says a United Nations group. The UN committee on the rights of the child has finished a 10-year review of how Canada treats its children and how well governments are implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In particular, the committee says Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act complied with international standards until changes were introduced earlier this year. The Harper government's Bill C-10 — an omnibus crime bill that includes stiffer penalties for youth and makes it easier to try them as adults — no longer conforms to the child rights convention or other international standards. Bill C-10 "is excessively punitive for children and not sufficiently restorative in nature," the committee wrote in a report published over the weekend. "The committee also regrets there was no child rights assessment or mechanism to ensure that Bill C-10 complied with the provisions of the convention." The committee also repeatedly expressed its concern that aboriginal and black children are dramatically overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Aboriginal youth are more likely to be jailed than graduate from high school, the report said. In order to meet the standards of the UN convention, Ottawa should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility and ensure that no one under 18 is ever tried as an adult, the report said. Authorities should also be developing alternatives to detention, writing rules to restrain the use of force against children in detention and to separate girls from boys in jail, the committee added. Governments should determine why so many aboriginal and black children and youth are involved in the criminal justice system and figure out how to reduce the disparity, the report recommended. The committee also chastised Canada for failing to provide equal social services to aboriginal children — especially in the realm of child welfare, an issue now before Canadian courts. It accused authorities of "serious and widespread discrimination" in the services they offer aboriginal children, visible minorities, immigrants and children with disabilities. "The UN joins the auditor general, leading experts and First Nations in calling on the federal government to step up to the plate and ensure equity for First Nations children," said advocate Cindy Blackstock of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society. "There is simply no excuse for a government to discriminate against children." The child rights convention is a binding international treaty that Canada ratified in 1991. Signatories are obliged to defend their child rights' records and explain progress at regular intervals before a UN committee. Canadian officials appeared before the committee two weeks ago. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson rejects the claim that his crime legislation does not comply with the child rights' convention, said spokeswoman Julie Di Mambro. The legislation was amended to ensure no one under the age of 18 is detained in an adult facility, she noted. "Our legislation reflects the need to protect society from serious and violent young offenders," Di Mambro said. "It targets the small number of violent, repeat young offenders and its measures are balanced, effective, and responsible." Previously in the House of Commons, Conservative parliamentary secretary Bob Dechert lashed out at the UN committee because one of its members is from Syria. "Syria, a country whose rulers are stealing the innocence of an entire generation of its children, is criticizing Canada," he said. "Imagine that. "This is no doubt to distract from the atrocities that Syrian children are currently facing every day." But critics say Ottawa is wrong to write off the UN committee — even if Canada is not among the worst offenders. "You can't sign on to a treaty like the Convention on the Rights of the Child without adhering to the guidelines that it lays out," said Jaskiran Dhillon, a representative for Justice for Girls. "It sets an international bar for what treating and taking care of your children and youth looks like. It doesn't mean that you disregard the most marginalized ... populations of your country." The report also wants Canada to: — Adopt a national strategy to implement children's rights, alleviate poverty and prevent violence. — Address high levels of violence against aboriginal women and girls. — Ensure child victims of violence have access to restraining orders and other means of protection. — Help troubled parents take better care of their children instead of sending them into foster care. — Ensure disabled children are not forced into segregated schooling. — Monitor the use of drugs to treat mental conditions in children, to curtail over-medication. — Eliminate user fees in public schools. — Increase the availability of free or affordable daycare. — Rehabilitate Omar Khadr. — Stop detaining child refugee claimants. — Act to prevent obesity among children. [B]source:[/B] [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/10/09/un-canada-crime-bill_n_1951935.html[/url] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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