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January 18, 2018 News Release

Middle East Conflicts Spur Disastrous New Trends for Region

Smoke billows behind a building in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on December 3, 2017, during clashes between Houthi rebels and supporters of Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh. © 2017 Getty Images
January 14, 2018 News Release

Somalia: Al-Shabab Demanding Children

Residents Threatened to Hand Over Boys, Girls

Children learning to read the Quran at the Gaabow Islamic school in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, August 2013. Parents and teachers told Human Rights Watch that Al-Shabab militants threatened and on occasion abducted teachers and children from schools in
December 21, 2017 Dispatches

In a Tough Year, Some Good News for Children

Governments Renounce Child Marriage, Child Soldier Use, Attacks on Schools

Students and teachers from around the world call for schools and universities to be protected from military use.
November 30, 2017 Dispatches

Iran’s Child Soldiers in Syria

No Excuse for Sending a 13-Year-Old to War

A fighter stands amidst the ruins of buildings near the Clock Square in Raqqa, Syria October 18, 2017. Picture taken October 18, 2017.
November 21, 2017 Dispatches

US Officials Call Out Tillerson on Child Soldiers

Rare ‘Dissent Memo’ Says Secretary of State Contravened US Law

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson holds a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, U.S., August 22, 2017.
October 10, 2017 Dispatches

For Children in War, Some Good News amidst a Grim Picture

Many Child Soldiers Released, but more than 7,500 Newly Recruited Globally

Child soldiers put down their guns in a disarmament and release ceremony in Jonglei state, South Sudan, February 10, 2015.
October 5, 2017 Dispatches

UN ‘Blacklists’ Saudi-led Coalition for Violations against Children

Houthis, AQAP, Government and Pro-Government Forces Again Listed

Mother carrying son.
October 1, 2017 News Release

Iran: Afghan Children Recruited to Fight in Syria

Protection Gaps Increase Children’s Vulnerability

Tombstones of Afghan child soldiers buried in Iran.
June 27, 2017 Dispatches

US State Department’s Lie About Child Soldiers

Tillerson Takes Burma, Iraq Off List Despite Evidence

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S. June 21, 2017.
June 26, 2017 News Release

US: Return Burma, Iraq to Child Soldier List

Tillerson Undermines US Law by Removing Violators

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
June 7, 2017 News Release

Colombia: Armed Groups Oppress Riverside Communities

Families Displaced as Groups Dispute Control of River

Wounaan people gather in a community building by the San Juan river, in Chocó, Colombia, March 2017.
May 5, 2017 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the United States

January 4, 2017 Commentary

Stop Recruiting Child Soldiers in Iraq

Martyr Khairy school in Khanasoor, Sinjar, run by YBŞ/HPG-affiliated staff, implementing the Rojava curriculum in Roman script.
December 22, 2016 Report

Iraq: Armed Groups Using Child Soldiers

Armed Groups Should Immediately Demobilize Children

Commemoration monument for fallen YBŞ/HPG fighters in Sinjar.
December 5, 2016 News Release

ICC: First Lord’s Resistance Army Trial Begins

Thousands of Victims Participating in Case

Ongwen at the ICC, January 21, 2016

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