“Save the Children is alarmed after learning that many children have been deported and forcibly transferred, and that many have lost contact with their families and loved ones,” said the director of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Save the Children of Ukraine, Sonia Kush.
The NGO recalls that since the start of the war, on February 24, 2022, more than 21,000 people have been killed or injured and nearly 1,500 children have been killed or injured, although the UN believes that the true number of victims is higher. .
The armed conflict forced more than five million people to leave Ukraine and nearly 19 million people are currently in need of humanitarian assistance in the country.
Save the Children recalls that the UN report describes many serious violations against children, including the execution of a 14-year-old boy, cases of sexual and gender-based violence against children as young as 4 years old and a case of illegal detention in which detainees, including children , were held in the basement of a school next to elderly people who died in captivity.
“The UN Commission of Inquiry has impressively highlighted the issues we are grappling with, including the discrepancy in numbers and the overly politicized response to the situation in Ukraine,” Khush said.
“Still, we need a separate investigation that looks at the full spectrum of child rights violations,” the humanitarian officer stressed.
The NGO therefore urges the international community to adopt a holistic approach to accountability, including judicial law, but also the victims’ right to truth, reparation and non-repetition, and calls for a thorough investigations that focus on serious investigations and other rights violations. children’s rights.
Source: DN
