Also Protect Higher Education from Attacks
(Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack) -The problem of targeted attacks on academics, students, and universities during times of armed conflict should feature prominently at the [...]
Time is running out for children as famine, drought and war threaten millions
(UNICEF) – More than a month after famine was declared in South Sudan, time is running out for more than a million children as drought and armed conflict devastate lives in northeast [...]
UNICEF, French president urge protection for children of war
(AP) – Child soldiers, underage sex slaves, orphaned adolescent refugees — France’s president and UNICEF are urging the international community to do more to protect the more than 200 [...]
Children in crisis
(UNICEF) – From Syria to Yemen and Iraq, from South Sudan to Nigeria, children are affected by relentless conflicts and displacement crises, as well as devastation wrought by natural [...]
UNICEF launches $3.3 billion appeal to assist millions of children affected by conflict, disasters
(UN News Centre) – Against the backdrop of ever increasing number of children driven from their homes due to conflict, disasters and climate change, the United Nations Children’s Fund [...]
Annual Report to the Human Rights Council: Major Achievements Despite Ongoing Violations of Children’s Rights 20 Years After the Creation of the Mandate of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict
(OSRSG-CAAC) – In her annual report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict highlighted the progress accomplished [...]
Leila Zerrougui at the Human Rights Council: Children More Vulnerable Because of Multiplication of Crises
(OSRSG-CAAC) – The year 2014 was marked by a multiplication of conflicts and made children even more vulnerable to the effects of war, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General [...]
US gives military aid to foreign governments using child soldiers
(The Independent) – The White House has announced it will continue supplying military aid to governments known to use child soldiers, drawing criticism from international human rights [...]
Where Schools Are Already Closed
(HRW) – As students across Slovakia excitedly prepare for the final days of school this week, it’s a good time to ask what can be done to help the students who are already out of school—but [...]
US: Don’t Fund Child Soldiers Abroad
(HRW) – The Obama administration should require foreign governments receiving United States military aid to immediately end their use of child soldiers, Human Rights Watch said today. On [...]
