Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in advance of its review of the Syrian Arab Republic

80th Pre-sessional Working Group June 2018 We write in advance of the Committee on the Rights of the Child pre-sessional review of Syria to highlight grave concerns including summary executions of children, unlawful attacks that killed or maimed children, the torture and ill-treatment of children in detention, the military use of schools, and attacks on education and hospitals. The examples in this submission are not exhaustive but intended to illustrate areas of concern. Related Content HRW Submission to the CRC concerning Syria Human Rights Watch has documented violations of children’s rights…

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