Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Panama

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Panama 82nd pre-sessional, 2018 This submission relates to the review of Panama under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. It focuses on the issue of the protection of students, teachers, and schools in situations of armed conflict.   In June 2015, Panama became the 41st country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration[1] and thereby committed to using the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict…

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