Statement by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on ICC Prosecutor Policy on Children
The appalling violations suffered by children across the globe are a sombre commentary on our 21st century. In #Syria, #Yemen
and numerous other crisis situations, hospitals – including pediatric
and maternity hospitals – and schools are attacked. In both #Iraq and Syria, #Daesh
has abducted, enslaved and sexually assaulted children on the basis of
their identity. All these violations continue to be documented by our
staff in the field, Commissions of Inquiry, fact-finding missions and
Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, and others. They demand
justice.
