2/11/2024 0 Comments United Nations Office of the SRSG Children and Armed Conflict definition of child soldier![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Planned training and sensitization sessions, workshops as well as field visits, had to be postponed or cancelled. Restrictive measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic often had an adverse effect on children and had an impact on the ability of the United Nations to carry out vital work to end and prevent grave violations against them, including by reducing opportunities for engagement with parties to conflict and delaying interviews with victims. Most of these violations happened against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. The detention of children for their actual or alleged association with parties to conflict including those designated as terrorist by the United Nations, remained a disturbing reality. This violation, together with sexual violence including rape and attacks on schools and hospitals are the violations where an increase rather than a decrease vis-à-vis the previous year has been noted while numbers regarding the denial of humanitarian access remained high. Of great concern has been the increase in cases of abduction of children. The number of grave violations against children remained unacceptably high while respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law and children’s rights continued to erode. Two thousand and twenty has been a challenging year and, it is important to take stock of the challenges we have faced, but also of the progress we have made. It is an honour to address the Human Rights Council as we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the creation of the children and armed conflict mandate by the General Assembly. ![]() Virginia Gamba Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council ![]()
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