The rights of the child 2015, para. 31

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Reaffirms paragraphs 59 to 70 of its resolution 68/147, condemns in the strongest terms all violations and abuses committed against children in armed conflict, and in this regard urges all States and other parties to armed conflict that are engaged, in contravention of applicable international law, in the recruitment and use of children, in patterns of killing and maiming of children and/or rape and other sexual violence against children, acknowledging that sexual violence in these situations disproportionately affects girls, in recurrent attacks on schools and/or hospitals and related personnel, and in patterns of abduction of children, as well as in all other violations and abuses against children, to take time-bound and effective measures to end and prevent them, and takes note in this regard of the adoption of Security Council resolution 2225 (2015) of 18 June 2015;
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Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
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Resolution
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  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2015
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OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The rights of the child (2015), A/RES/70/137, OP 31.
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31