Terrorist group Boko Haram has been suspected to be behind the third incident this year in which children have been used to carry out attacks in Nigeria.
This report documents that 38 States, which include just under 40 per cent of the world’s children, have not fully prohibited the sentencing of children to corporal punishment by their courts and 67 States have not prohibited violent punishment of children in penal institutions.
Un récent rapport a trouvé que les enfants privés de liberté sont exposés à des risques d'abus, à la violence, la discrimination sociale aiguë et le déni de leurs droits civils, politiques, économiques, sociaux et culturels.