United Nations or UN five top Child Rights experts on Wednesday called on governments and international community to make child protection from violence a priority in the post-2015 development agenda and support commitments with proper funding.
In a statement issued today marking Universal Children’s Day, the experts said, every day millions of children are affected by conflicts; suffer from violence, neglect, abuse and exploitation at home, in schools, institutions, community and work places.
The UN five top Child Rights experts said these situations are not inevitable and can be effectively prevented,’
The statement added that the post-2015 framework was a renewed opportunity to ensure children’s rights in the global development agenda to prevent and address violence against children and fight impunity for crimes committed against them.
‘To achieve sustainable development, protecting children from violence needs to be a priority and a cross-cutting concern in the post 2015 agenda,’ the experts stressed.
They called on governments to address inequalities that increase the risks of violence, abuse and exploitation of children.
The expersts demanded that perpetrators of physical and emotional violence, child sexual abuse and exploitation and the recruitment of children in armed conflict be brought to justice.