UNICEF launches report on 25 years children in armed conflict
UNICEF has published a report on children in armed conflict which offers comprehensive information and data from the last 25 years as well as solutions to prevent grave violations children’s rights in these contexts. This publication includes: an agenda to protect children affected by armed conflict; lists of the impact of grave violations committed against children from the last 25 years; an action plan of engaged parties to end and prevent these grave violations against children; the supporting of children, families, and communities; and conclusions and recommendations to prevent the violation of children’s rights in war.
The UN verified over 266, 000 grave violations against children have taken place since 2005. Over two decades children in armed conflict have been stripped of all human rights, specifically rights to identity and family relations. Thousands of children have been forced into recruitment, experienced sexual violence, abduction, killing and maiming, attacks in schools and hospitals, and have been denied any access to humanitarian aid.
UNICEF works close with humanitarian partners whom are equipped with the information necessary to better target prevention and response services. Such services include family tracing, family reunification or alternative care services when in the best interest of the child and reintegration.
Child Identity Protection (CHIP) welcomes the different efforts outlined in this report, especially those aimed at preserving the child’s right to identity and restoring missing elements of identity, such as family relations. CHIP recognises the importance of a child’s right to family relations, especially in this context, through efforts related to family tracing and reunification, as it can have a lifetime impact on the safety and wellbeing of children. This report should go some way towards the implementation of the 2022 Human Rights Council Resolution on rights of the child – realizing the rights of the child and family reunification.
Source: https://www.unicef.org/reports/25-years-children-armed-conflict and https://www.child-identity.org/en/news/external-news/552-march-2022-world-resolution-on-rights-of-the-child-realizing-the-rights-of-the-child-and-family-reunification-14.html
