SUMMARY 2022 - Children Affected by Grave Violations - Grave Violations

Recruitment and Use: 7,622 children recruited and used Situations with the highest numbers of children recruited and used: Syria, DRC, Somalia, Mali and Afghanistan Killing and Maiming: 8,630 children killed or maimed Situations with the highest numbers of children killed and maimed: Ukraine (477 killed, 909 maimed), Israel and the State of Palestine (55/1087), Afghanistan (253/656), Syria (30. [...] Situations with the highest numbers of children in detention: Iraq, Isarel and the State of Palestine, Somalia, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [...] 2 Not a listable violation Children and Armed Conflict, Annual Report of the Secretary-General Summary 2022 3 Measures to Better Protect Children in Situations of Armed Conflict In 2022, continued engagement between the United Nations and parties to conflict has resulted in the adoption of measures to better protect boys and girls from hostilities in several contexts. [...] Girls were mostly affected by killing and maiming, 34% of abductions affected girls followed by abduction, rape and other forms of sexual violence, and recruitment and use » The abduction of children in situations of armed conflict is mostly perpetrated by non- The Lake Chad Basin region showed a significant State armed groups and occurs in a variety increase of grave violations perpetrated. [...] explosive ordnance risk education and victim Member States should become parties to the assistance and Members States should become Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights parties and implement all conventions on of the Child on the involvement of children in armed landmines, ERW and cluster munitions.