INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INNOCENT CHILDREN VICTIMS OF AGGRESSION (Child abuse | Child rights | Child rights protection)

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is a observance held on June 4 every year. It was established on 19 August 1982.

On 19 August 1982, at its emergency special session on the question of Palestine, the General Assembly, “appalled at the great number of innocent Palestinian and Lebanese children victims of Israel’s acts of aggression”, decided to commemorate 4 June of each year as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggressio.

The purpose of the day is to acknowledge the pain suffered by children throughout the world who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse. This day affirms the UN's commitment to protect the rights of children. Its work is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most rapidly and widely ratified international human rights treaty in history.

According to the United Nations in China, the statistics of child abuse include:  More than two million children killed in conflict in the last two decades.  About 10 million child cared for by the UN Agency (UNHCR).  In the Latin America and in the Caribbean region about 80 thousand children die annually from violence that breaks out within the family.

In 1996, independent ’s first Minister of Education and Culture, Graça Machel, presented a report to the United Nations General Assembly, in which she highlighted the extent of damage that armed conflicts have on children. Machel was well known for her humanitarian work, particularly with refugee children for which she had received the Nansen Refugee Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

The Machel report led to the adoption of the 51/77 resolution by the United Nations General Assembly on February 20, 1997. The report talked about providing safeguards to children from all forms of exploitation, violence and diseases as per the Convention on the Rights of the Child of the UN.

Child abuse is now in the spotlight of global attention and the UN is working hard to help protect children around the world. One key factor is the process of international negotiation and action centered around the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

As noted on the United Nations website, a target has been set as per the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that aims to secure a brighter tomorrow for children. The target is to put a stop to violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect in all their forms, against children.

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