Russia’s use of rocket systems, airstrikes, and shelling of populated areas had resulted in “very high casualties”, she said, adding that her engagement with Moscow to introduce measures to decrease attacks would continue. Gamba said that Russian forces and affiliated armed groups in Ukraine were being added to the annex of the report as a notable offender, for the number of attacks on hospitals and schools carried out during the invasion and the killing of children during military operations. Nearly 2,500 children were detained, a practice that “should only be used as a last resort and for the shortest period”, she added. Gamba, calling for them to remain “zones of peace”. The widespread military use of schools both by armed forces and armed groups, is a “very worrisome trend”, said Ms. There were 1,163 attacks on schools recorded, and 647 attacks on hospitals – a 112 per cent increase, the report said. The countries where “the worst deterioration” occurred were Myanmar, South Sudan, and Burkina Faso.Ī young child eats food in a camp for displaced people in North Kivu province following fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. “The monitoring and verification of grave violations remained extremely challenging, including owing to access constraints leading to the underreporting of such violations and an increase in violations verified in 2022,” according to the report. Gamba told journalists at a press conference in New York that the countries recording the highest number of violations were the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Israel, the State of Palestine, Somalia, Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Yemen. A total of 8,831 children were killed or maimed, and another 7,622 were recruited by armed groups or forces. Two thirds of violations involved boys, spanning 24 different conflict situations. The recorded violations only refer to verified information, with the likely toll much higher, and cover four categories: recruitment and use of children into armed groups or forces, killing and maiming, rape and sexual violence, and abduction.
Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba unveiled the Secretary-General’s latest annual report, for 2022, which showed there were 27,180 grave violations overall, an increase from the previous year.
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