More than 6,000 child soldiers may now be involved in the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), with their numbers growing as fighting pits community against community in clashes that have taken on increasingly sectarian overtones, the United Nations reported today.
In a country where child trafficking is rampant, a Chinese court has handed down a suspended death sentence to a doctor who sold newborn babies to human traffickers. The case has sparked widespread anger in China.
A Yemeni delegation to the UN has admitted that it has had to establish a counselling centre for children because the level of traumatisation caused by US drone attacks in the country is so high.
Le Comité de l'ONU pour les droits des enfants demande au Vatican d'expliquer les mesures prises pour lutter contre la pédophilie dans l'Eglise, après plusieurs scandales retentissants.
Les enfants vont pouvoir déposer des plaintes à l'ONU. L'UNICEF et les défenseurs des droits de l'enfant ont salué mardi la prochaine entrée en vigueur du troisième protocole facultatif à la Convention de l'ONU sur les droits de l'enfant.