The terrorist group, self-proclaimed Islamic State (Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has committed several fundamental violations of children's rights in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq and Syria[1] The conventions protecting children's rights is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This is the most ratified international human rights treaty in history which established the widely supported view that children and young persons have the same basic general human rights as adults and also specific rights that recognize their special needs.[2] A further two additional protocols were adopted by the UN General Assembly on 25 May 2000 covering the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.[3] In ISIL's rise in the recent years, they have committed various violations of the (CRC) and its protocols, which have been signed and ratified by Iraq and Syria.
- ^ Human Rights Council:Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, 16/06/2015, pg 3 [1]
- ^ "UNICEF - Convention on the Rights of the Child". 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Assembly, United Nations General. "A/RES/54/263 - Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography - UN Documents: Gathering a body of global agreements". Retrieved 28 April 2017.