(Human Rights Watch) – Today’s deliberate attack on a military hospital in Kabul is a war crime – the latest incident targeting patients, healthcare personnel, and medical facilities in Afghanistan. An armed group affiliated with the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) reportedly claimed responsibility for the day-long attack on the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital, the […]
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(HRW) – Xarid was so determined to get an education, that he braved the daily dangers of the streets of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, for as long as he could. But that all changed the day the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab brought the war to his classroom. “Al-Shabab came into the compound of the school and told us […]
(The Diplomat) – On Monday, Watchlist — a New York-based coalition aimed at ending violations against children in armed conflict zones — called, for the first time, on the UN Secretary General to list the Afghan security forces as a party responsible for attacks on medical facilities in Afghanistan. The Secretary General is expected to release […]
(Reuters) – Two Yemeni boys were killed in a drone strike while walking on a road in central Yemen used by al Qaeda militants who have been subject to repeated strikes by U.S. forces in recent days, residents said on Tuesday. They named the boys as Ahmed and Mohammed al-Khobze, two brothers both under 15, and […]
(UN Human Rights Council) – The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with Marta Santos Pais, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, and with Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict. Link
(OSRSG-CAAC) -The rights of children must also be a cornerstone of conflict prevention, peace-making and peace building efforts, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, Leila Zerrougui, told the UN Human Rights Council, expressing deep concern at the scale and severity of grave violations committed against children in the past […]
(OSRSG-CAAC) – Mr. Chairman, Distinguished delegates, Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be here with Ms. Santos Pais for my sixth interactive dialogue. This will be the final time I address the Council. I would like to take this opportunity to say that it has been a pleasure working with you […]
(Newsweek) – Medical facilities in Afghanistan endured more than 240 attacks by armed groups in 2015 and 2016, resulting in extensive damage to equipment and buildings, deaths of staff members and patients and a worsening situation for the health of the country’s children. Detailed in a report released Monday by Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, […]
(Save the Children) – A new report by Save the Children has revealed a mental health crisis among children trapped in Syria, as the war approaches the six year mark. The charity and its Syrian partners interviewed more than 450 children, adolescents and adults across seven governorates in Syria for “Invisible Wounds”, the largest study of […]
(The Global and Mail) -The Trump administration has given the green light to Canada to dispatch up to 600 soldiers on a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Mali, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding back approval as he assesses the volatile risks of fighting Islamist rebels who use child soldiers. A new Canadian Armed […]
