UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Distr.: General
4 February 2015
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Original: English
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Right to life, survival and development
23. The Committee abhors and condemns the targeted and brutal killings of children by the so-called ISIL and in particular:
(a) The systematic killing of children belonging to religious and ethnic minorities by the so-called ISIL, including several cases of mass executions of boys, as well as reports of beheadings, crucifixions of children and burying children alive;
(b) The very large number of children killed and severely injured, as a result of the current fighting, including by air strikes, shelling and military operations by the Iraqi Security Forces, and as a result of land mines and explosive war remnants. This includes deaths from dehydration, starvation and heat in conflict affected areas; and
(c) The high number of children who have been abducted by the so-called ISIL, many of whom are severely traumatized from witnessing the murder of their parents and are subjected to physical and sexual assault.
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Who really knows the body count? And their true status: the Islamic State's boogeymen or civilans and in what ratio? It seems IS is mass murdering civilians ... over 100,000 by most accounts.