Abduction

UN Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict shows children were recruited and used, killed and maimed, victims of sexual violence and other grave violations in 23 country situations in 2013.

The European Roma Rights Centre expresses its deep concern regarding the brutal lynching of a 16-year-old Romani boy in France. The ERRC urges French authorities to investigate the attack, in particular any possible racial motivation, and to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Human rights groups believe the number of reported cases failing to capture the true extent of the problem.

Enlevées dans leur lycée le 14 avril à Chibok, dans le nord-est du Nigeria, la plupart des 187 jeunes femmes aux mains des islamistes de Boko Haram auraient été mariées de force et emmenées dans les pays voisins, notamment au Cameroun.