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Children’s Rights – 2022

During the year, reports from the UN Secretary-General and Human Rights Watch suggested numerous violations against children. Reports noted that children were killed, abducted, and subjected to sexual violence by the state and armed groups. In its report, Human Rights Watch claimed that the South Sudanese authorities failed to investigate abuses of children and additional violations by the National Security Service. In September 2022, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, in its review of the initial report of South Sudan, asked for the government forces and armed groups to recommit to protecting children.^[1]

[1] “Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise South Sudan’s Child Act, Ask about the Recruitment of Children by Government Forces and Armed Groups, and about School Feeding Schemes,” UNCHR. 2 September 2022. https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2022/09/experts-committee-rights-child-praise-south-sudans-child-act-ask-about-recruitment