The World Child Rights Day and the current situation of Somali Children
The World Child Rights Day and the current situation of Somali Children
The date 20 November marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. Today, 193 states have ratified the CRC. In fact, only two countries in the world — Somalia and the United States — have not yet given the CRC legal force, although both have signed it.
The situation for children in Somalia is worried; following the worst violence in the country for close to two decades and many children are currently living in IDP camps inside and outside the country without education, good health and shelter.
An increasing number of Somali children are being recruited by the Somali armed forces or militia groups in violation of international law particularly for those underage and many of the children are joining because their families are unable to provide for them on the other hand some of children are keen on to be prominent gangsters so as to maintain their existence.
The National Association of Somali Science and Environmental Journalists (NASSEJ) are shocked by the scale of the recruitment of children into militias by the warring sides and at least there are 850,000-1,000 displaced children in and out of the country.
However, as you can understand the photos in the news the current situation of Somali children is a devastating one with a lot of worry.
UNICEF on Friday welcomed the announcement by the Somali Transitional Federal Government that it intends to become a party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
The UN agency said in a statement issued in Nairobi that the declaration by the Somali government coincided with global commemorations on the 20th anniversary of the convention.
"This commitment by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government comes at a crucial time, when no child in central south Somalia has had the experience of living in peace" said Rozanne Chorlton, UNICEF Representative to Somalia.
The ongoing conflict in the country caused drastic diseases against Somalia children and NASSEJ recently highlighted unknown disease affected Somali people particularly children as well as In Somalia, its common practice for the children to play with explosive things that endanger their lives.
[This article crossposted from National Association of Somali Science and Environmental Journalists]
The date 20 November marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. Today, 193 states have ratified the CRC. In fact, only two countries in the world — Somalia and the United States — have not yet given the CRC legal force, although both have signed it.
The situation for children in Somalia is worried; following the worst violence in the country for close to two decades and many children are currently living in IDP camps inside and outside the country without education, good health and shelter.
An increasing number of Somali children are being recruited by the Somali armed forces or militia groups in violation of international law particularly for those underage and many of the children are joining because their families are unable to provide for them on the other hand some of children are keen on to be prominent gangsters so as to maintain their existence.
The National Association of Somali Science and Environmental Journalists (NASSEJ) are shocked by the scale of the recruitment of children into militias by the warring sides and at least there are 850,000-1,000 displaced children in and out of the country.
However, as you can understand the photos in the news the current situation of Somali children is a devastating one with a lot of worry.
UNICEF on Friday welcomed the announcement by the Somali Transitional Federal Government that it intends to become a party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
The UN agency said in a statement issued in Nairobi that the declaration by the Somali government coincided with global commemorations on the 20th anniversary of the convention.
"This commitment by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government comes at a crucial time, when no child in central south Somalia has had the experience of living in peace" said Rozanne Chorlton, UNICEF Representative to Somalia.
The ongoing conflict in the country caused drastic diseases against Somalia children and NASSEJ recently highlighted unknown disease affected Somali people particularly children as well as In Somalia, its common practice for the children to play with explosive things that endanger their lives.
[This article crossposted from National Association of Somali Science and Environmental Journalists]
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