General Article Children can now seek justice through the UN

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Children whose human rights have been violated will finally be able to bring their cases to the United Nations after a new international treaty was enacted today.

Children suffer human rights abuses all over the world, including being sentenced to death, trafficked into hazardous child labour, and subjected to violence and sexual abuse. They are routinely neglected by decision makers and their views and opinions ignored. Ratify OP3 CRC, an international coalition of children’s rights NGOs, s...

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