UN Reports Record Violations of Children in Conflict, with Government Forces the Main Perpetrators
The annual UN report verified 38,558 violations against children in 2025 and said government forces were the main perpetrators for the first time.
- On Wednesday, a United Nations report revealed that government forces were the primary perpetrators of grave violations against children in 2025, marking the first time state actors exceeded non-state perpetrators on record.
- The annual report on Children and Armed Conflict documented 38,558 grave violations globally in 2025, affecting 24,174 children—the highest toll since the CAAC mandate began 30 years ago.
- Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory recorded 12,445 violations, with 9,465 attributed to Israeli forces and 326 to Israeli settlers, making the region the highest-violation area globally.
- Vanessa Frazier, UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, stated that "2025 was without a doubt one of the darkest chapters for child protection since monitoring began."
- Rising harm stems partly from increased artificial intelligence integration in weapons systems, while the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Myanmar, and Somalia also recorded elevated violation levels.
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Washington TimesU.N. reports record violations of children in conflict, with government forces the main perpetrators
A new United Nations report says nearly 25,000 children caught in conflict were victims of a record number of violations last year, including killings, rape and recruitment to fight. For the first time, government forces — not armed groups —…
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UN reports record violations of children in conflict, with government forces the main perpetrators
A new United Nations report says nearly 25,000 children caught in conflict were victims of a record number of violations last year, including killings, rape and recruitment to fight.
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der Standard DEMost of the cases were registered in the Palestinian territories and Israel, Sudan, Myanmar, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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