At first glance, they looked like ordinary children. But deep within them are scarred souls and lost innocence because they are children-victims of human rights violations. On December 9, they went to see the United Nations (UN) Secretary General’s Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy to tell her their tragic stories.
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NGO Says Gov’t Primary Violator of Children’s Rights
BY BULATLAT On the occasion of National Children’s Day, a network of child rights advocates said the government, including its military forces, remains the ‘primary violator of children’s rights.’ The Philippine government signed the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child on July 1990, and thereafter, signed Proclamation 74 declaring October 17 as…