russia on women and children in armed conflict; un

'While non-state armed groups were responsible for 50% of the grave violations, government forces were the main perpetrator of the killing and maiming of children, attacks on schools and hospitals, and the denial of humanitarian access,' Guterres said in the report.24 February, 2023 marks one year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The most violations were verified in Democratic Republic of Congo, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, Somalia, Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Yemen. The report overall verified that 24,300 violations had been committed against children in 2022. 'Nevertheless, I remain deeply concerned by the number of children killed and maimed by Israeli forces.' 'I note a meaningful decrease in the number of children killed by Israeli forces, including by air strikes,' Guterres wrote. The report found that Israeli forces killed 42 children and injured 933 children in 2022. Russia was placed on the list of parties that have put in place measures aimed at improving the protection of children.

One lists parties that have put in place measures to protect children and the other includes parties that have not. In an effort to dampen controversy surrounding the report, the list released in 2017 by Guterres was split into two categories. Israel has never been on the list, while a Saudi-led military coalition was removed from the list in 2020 several years after it was first named for killing and injuring children in Yemen. It has long been controversial, with diplomats saying Saudi Arabia and Israel exerted pressure in recent years in a bid to stay off the list. The report on children and armed conflict includes the list intended to shame parties to conflicts in the hope of pushing them to implement measures to protect children.

Moscow has not concealed a program under which it has brought thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia, but presents it as a humanitarian campaign to protect orphans and children abandoned in the war zone. The report also verified the transfer of 46 children to Russia from Ukraine. report on children and armed conflict verified the abduction of 91 children by Russian armed forces all of them were subsequently released. Moscow said the warrants were legally void as Russia was not a signatory to the treaty that established the ICC.

Russia on women and children in armed conflict; un