Article 38: Armed conflicts

AFGHANISTAN: 545 children killed in Afghan conflict last year
15/May/2014 News
The latest United Nations (UN) report reveals that the Afghan conflict claimed lives of at least 545 children and injured a total of 1,149 others last year.
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ARMED CONFLICT: UN meeting targets 'killer robots'
15/May/2014 News
[14 May 2014] – The top United Nations official in Geneva today urged bold action by diplomats at the start of the world...
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SOUTH SUDAN: UN report documenting human rights violations on “a massive scale” in South Sudan underscores extreme urgency
12/May/2014 News
9 May 2014 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Friday that a detailed new UN report describing gross...
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RWANDA: Rwanda genocide 20 years on: 'the killers are our neighbours now'
29/Apr/2014 News
Survivors of the slaughter were described as the lucky ones but many, haunted by the memories, found it difficult to move on.
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ARMED CONFLICT: Spotlight on Pakistan
29/Apr/2014 Publication
This briefing paper provides a background of the armed conflict in Pakistan and its impact on children.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: MSF aid workers killed
29/Apr/2014 News
Three aid workers are among 22 people killed in a rebel attack on a clinic in northern Central African Republic, officials have said.
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SYRIA: UN urged to defy Assad on aid or risk lives of hundreds of thousands
29/Apr/2014 News
Eminent legal experts argue that UN should ignore Syria's ban on supplying aid directly to areas outside Assad regime's control.
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SOUTH SUDAN: children in the firing line
25/Apr/2014 News
The conflict in South Sudan is taking a heavy toll on children who are being killed or injured in attacks and recruited into armed groups. 
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SOUTH SUDAN: Bentiu massacre is game-changer in South Sudan conflict, says UN official
25/Apr/2014 News
UN says rebels slaughtered hundreds of people when they seized capital of Unity state, urged on by hate speech on radio.
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SYRIA: UN rights chief condemns rampant use of torture by Syrian forces, opposition groups
15/Apr/2014 News
The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the rampant use of torture, including allegedly of children, in detention facilities across Syria by Government forces and some armed opposition groups.
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