SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2016, para. 75
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The Special Representative calls upon Member States to treat children allegedly associated with non-State armed groups as victims entitled to full protection of their human rights, to ensure that they are not used as spies or for the purposes of intelligence gathering, and to urgently put into place alternatives to the systematic detention of children. The Special Representative urges the General Assembly to take these issues into account and ensure the protection of children in the review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict