TNPSC Thervupettagam

Children and Armed Conflict Report, 2023

July 6 , 2023 507 days 606 0
  • United Nations has removed India from his annual report on the impact of armed conflict on children, citing "measures taken by the government to better protect" them.
  • The United Nations verified 27,180 grave violations, of which 24,300 were committed in 2022.
  • 2,880 were committed earlier but verified only in 2022.
  • Violations affected 18,890 children (13,469 boys, 4,638 girls, 783 sex unknown) in 24 situations and one regional monitoring arrangement.
  • The highest numbers of violations were the killing (2,985) and maiming (5,655) of 8,631 children.
  • It followed by the recruitment and use of 7,622 children and the abduction of 3,985 children.
  • Children were detained for actual or alleged association with armed groups (2,496).

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