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Joint Letter to the UN Secretary-General re: 2023 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict
Dear Mr. Secretary-General, We are writing regarding your forthcoming annual report on children and armed conflict (CAAC). As you finalize your decisions regarding the annexes listing perpetrators of...
Guide de recherche sur la réadaptation et la réintégration des enfantsrapatriés du Nord-Est de la Syrie
Introduction Plus de 7 000 enfants étrangers1 , qui sont arrivés en Iraq ou en Syrie en étant victime de la traite humaine ou qui sont nés dans ces pays de parents qui ont quitté leur pays d’origine...
Research guide on the rehabilitation and reintegration of child returnees from North East Syria
I. Introduction Over 7,000 foreign children,1 who travelled to, were trafficked to or were born in Iraq or Syria to parents who left their home countries to join the self-proclaimed Islamic State...
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Joint Letter to the UN Secretary-General re: 2022 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict
Dear Mr. Secretary-General, We are writing with regard to your forthcoming annual report on children and armed conflict (CAAC). As you finalize your decisions regarding the annexes and inclusion of...
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Open letter to the UN Secretary-General re 2021 annual report on children and armed conflict
Secretary-General António Guterres United Nations UN Headquarters, S-3800 New York, NY 10017 May 12, 2021 Re: 2021 annual report on children and armed conflict Dear Mr. Secretary-General, We are...
Joint Statement: United Nations Human Rights Council - 46th Session Interactive Dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG-CAAC) Virginia Gamba - Geneva, 8 March 2021
STATEMENT Excellencies, Special Representative Gamba, colleagues, I am making this statement today on behalf of: Plan International, Arigatou International, the Child Rights International Network...
Corporate Bailout or Cash Transfers for All, including Children?
This article is part of a feature series exploring how the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures to prevent its spread are impacting the human rights of under-18s. The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have...
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Open letter to the Secretary-General on the 2020 Annual Report on children and armed conflict
June 22, 2020 – In an open letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, 24 nongovernmental organizations, including Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, express their disappointment with the...
Joint NGO letter: UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic
As a result of COVID-19, in-person sessions of the UN human rights sessions have been postponed until at least June. While the suspension is affecting the work of the treaty bodies, it is important...
Upcoming report on children and armed conflict
Dear Mr. Secretary-General, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing with regard to your forthcoming annual report on children and armed conflict and its annexes. As you finalize your decisions...
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Bringing Children Home: A children's rights approach to returning from ISIL
An estimated 4,640 children travelled to Iraq or Syria, either alone or with their families, to join the so-called Islamic State. Since the fall of the terrorist group, many have been living in...
Open letter calling for a complete and accurate list of perpetrators, 24 May 2019
Dear Mr. Secretary-General, We are writing regarding your annual report on children and armed conflict and its annexes. As a diverse group of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working on...
Guinée: Accès des enfants à la justice
Le projet « Accès des enfants à la justice » de CRIN vise à établir le statut de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant (CDE) dans les législations nationales, le statut des enfants impliqués...
Cameroun: Accès des enfants à la justice
Le projet « Accès des enfants à la justice » de CRIN vise à établir le statut de la Convention internationale relative aux droits de l'enfant (CDE) dans les législations nationales ; le statut des...
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UN Secretary-General Must List All Perpetrators of Children’s Rights Violations in War (an open letter to UN Secretary-General Guterres) [EN/AR]
An Open Letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres As organizations working to protect the rights of children in armed conflict, we are dismayed by your reported decision to “freeze” any new...
Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Access to justice for children
This report is part of CRIN's access to justice for children project, looking at the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in national law, the status of children involved in...
Joint NGO Statement Made at the Informal Meeting of the General Assembly "20 Years for Children Affected by Conflict"
On February 8, the UN General Assembly held an informal meeting marking the 20th Anniversary of Resolution 51/77 (1997) on the promotion and protection of the rights of children. This resolution...
SOS Children's Villages and partners outline priorities to protect young migrants
SOS Children’s Villages is joining 77 other organisation in urging the European Commission and EU member states to step up protections of migrant and refugee children. In a joint statement to be...
Mali : Access to justice for children
This report is part of CRIN's access to justice for children project, looking at the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in national law, the status of children involved in...