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Africa: 'Darkest Chapter' - Record Child Violations in 2025, With National Forces Leading the Way [UN News] For the first time, soldiers and Government forces were responsible for more grave violations against children in armed conflict than non-State armed groups - and 2025 set a grim new record for the total number of child victims.

'Darkest chapter': Record child violations in 2025, with national ... ‘Darkest chapter’: Record child violations in 2025, with national forces leading the way Wednesday, June 17, 2026 UN News For the first time, soldiers and Government forces were responsible for more grave violations against children in armed conflict than non-State armed groups – and 2025 set a grim new record for the total number of child victims. The findings come in the annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) which documents six main violations: killing and maiming, recruitment and use, abduction, rape and other forms of sexual violence, attacks on schools and hospitals, and denial of humanitarian access. The report verified 38,558 grave violations committed in 2025 affecting 24,174 children, many of whom suffered multiple violations. A third of the victims were girls . This marks the highest number of children affected since the UN established the CAAC mandate 30 years ago . A dark chapter For the first time, Government forces were the main perpetrators of grave violations against children, particularly killing and maiming, attacks on schools and hospitals, and denial of humanitarian access. T…

UN reports record violations of children in conflict, with government forces the main perpetrators <p>UNITED NATIONS &#8212; Nearly 25,000 children caught in conflict were victims of a record number of violations last year, including killings, rape and recruitment to fight, and for the first time, government forces &#8212; not armed groups &#8212; were the main perpetrators, a new United Nations report says.</p>

Africa: 'Darkest Chapter' - Record Child Violations in 2025, With ... For the first time, soldiers and Government forces were responsible for more grave violations against children in armed conflict than non-State armed groups - and 2025 set a grim new record for the total number of child victims. The findings come in the annual UNreportonChildren and Armed Conflict(CAAC) which documents six main violations: killing and maiming, recruitment and use, abduction, rape and other forms of sexual violence, attacks on schools and hospitals, and denial of humanitarian access. The report verified 38,558 grave violations committed in 2025 affecting 24,174 children, many of whom suffered multiple violations.A third of the victims were girls. This marks thehighest number of children affected since the UN established the CAAC mandate 30 years ago. Keep up with the latest headlines onWhatsApp|LinkedIn A dark chapter For the first time, Government forces were the main perpetrators of grave violations against children, particularly killing and maiming, attacks on schools and hospitals, and denial of humanitarian access. This worrying shift occurred amid hostilities, increasing use of explo…

'Darkest chapter': Record child violations in 2025, with ... - UN News FacebookTwitterPrintEmail For the first time, soldiers and Government forces were responsible for more grave violations against children in armed conflict than non-State armed groups – and 2025 set a grim new record for the total number of child victims. The findings come in the annual UNreportonChildren and Armed Conflict(CAAC) which documents six main violations: killing and maiming, recruitment and use, abduction, rape and other forms of sexual violence, attacks on schools and hospitals, and denial of humanitarian access. The report verified 38,558 grave violations committed in 2025 affecting 24,174 children, many of whom suffered multiple violations.A third of the victims were girls. This marks thehighest number of children affected since the UN established the CAAC mandate 30 years ago. For the first time, Government forces were the main perpetrators of grave violations against children, particularly killing and maiming, attacks on schools and hospitals, and denial of humanitarian access. This worrying shift occurred amid hostilities, increasing use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas, an…

UN reports record number of child victims in armed conflict in 2025 Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2026-06-18 06:00:00 UNITED NATIONS, June 17 (Xinhua) -- A record number of children endured grave violations by parties to armed conflict in 2025, the highest since the beginning of the children and armed conflict mandate 30 years ago, a UN report shows. The United Nations verified 38,558 grave violations against children in armed conflict in 2025, affecting 24,174 children, with thousands subjected to multiple violations, according to an annual report of the UN secretary-general on children and armed conflict, released on Wednesday. For the first time in 30 years, government forces were the main perpetrators of grave violations against children in armed conflict, finds the report. Killing (6,266) and maiming (7,958) remained the most verified violations, with a shocking 34 percent increase in killing compared with 2024, says the report. The denial of humanitarian access and the recruitment and use of children followed, with 8,322 incidents and 6,607 children affected, respectively. Children continued to be abducted in high numbers (5,129), often for the purpose of recruitment…

A Year of Unthinkable Suffering: Record Number of Children in Conflict ... A Year of Unthinkable Suffering: Record Number of Children in Conflict Victims of Grave Violations in 2025, With Government Forces as the Leading Perpetrator for the First Time 17 June 2026 Press Releases Featured @ Home © UNICEF/UNI859999/Filippov Report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) New York, 17 June 2025 – A record number of children endured grave violations by parties to armed conflict in 2025, the highest number of children affected since the beginning of the CAAC mandate, a new report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict published today shows . According to verified UN data, 38,558 grave violations were committed against children in 2025, marking a fourth straight year of shocking figures. A total of 24,174 children were directly affected and their rights violated, with thousands subjected to multiple violations ( 3,176) , including killing and maiming, recruitment and use, abduction, rape and other forms of sexual violence, attacks on schools and hospitals, and the denial of humanitarian access. A third of the victims were girls. Children ar…

"One of the darkest periods"/ UN: Record number of child rights ... June 18, 2026 08:47 State forces were primarily responsible for the most serious violations of children's rights in armed conflicts during 2025, according to a United Nations report, marking the first time in 30 years of monitoring that they ranked above non-state armed groups in the number of verified violations. According to the report, the UN verified a total of 38,558 grave violations against children in conflict zones, with the most frequent cases being killings and maiming. The document calls 2025 one of the darkest periods for child protection since the start of international monitoring. "The year 2025 was, without a doubt, one of the darkest chapters in terms of child protection since monitoring began," said Vanessa Frazier, special envoy for children and armed conflict. The region with the highest number of violations was Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, where 12,445 cases were recorded. According to the report, 9,465 of these were attributed to the Israeli armed forces. This region was followed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 4,114 violations, Nigeria with 2,560, Myanmar …

'Children Are Not Expendable', UN Officials Stress, as Security Council Speakers Sound Alarm over Record Violations, Targeting of Schools during Armed Conflict Meetings CoverageSecurity Council 10182nd Meeting (AM & PM) SC/1639724 June 2026 As violations against children in armed conflict reached record levels in 2025, senior United Nations officials today warned the Security Council of "a deeply troubling shift" in which Government forces have become the main perpetrators of such abuse. Today's annual debate — organized by Colombia, Council President for June — sought to reaffirm the special protections afforded to children under international humanitarian law and international human rights law, amid widespread non-compliance with those frameworks. That failure is reflected in the Secretary-General's annual report detailing the worsening impact of war on children (documentS/2026/357), presented by Vanessa Frazier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, who called for accountability. The United Nations' promise to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" is failing the people it was meant to prote…

UN reports record violations of children in conflict, with government forces the main perpetrators UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Nearly 25,000 children caught in conflict were victims of a record number of violations last year, including killings, rape and