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May 18 - 2021 ED DAMAZIN Demo in Ed Damazin marching to the state Ministry of Justice, May 17 (Waleed Ali Adam) Hundreds of civil society activists participated in a protest vigil against rape in the Blue Nile state capital Ed Damazin on Monday. The action was part of a campaign against gender-based violence, organised by Blue Nile civil society organisations. Following a gang-rape of a woman (30) north of neighbouring Roseires by five young men during the fasting month ...

Statement by Ambassador Byrne Nason at UNSC Briefing on UNITAD Statement 10 May 2021 Thank you Mr President and thank you Karim for your report and briefing today. Before I begin my statement, and as this is your last briefing to the Council in this role, I want to take the opportunity to acknowledge your service and leadership, Karim, over the past three years.    I would also like to thank Nadia Murad for her powerful briefing this morning. As she did when she advocated f...

Anchorage Man Convicted of Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor 51-year-old Eric Larsen. Image-State of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Federal District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason has found Eric Larsen, 51, of Anchorage, guilty of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, coercion and enticement. Larsen faces a penalty of not less than 10 years and up to life in prison, a fine of $250,000, and a life term of supervised release. According to eviden...

Children of Syria – The Lost Hope Ten Years of Relentless Violations of Children’s Rights Documented by the Syrian Network for Human Rights Over the past ten years, children in Syria have been subjected to all sorts of human rights and international humanitarian law violations, with no distinction made by warring parties between adults and children, nor consideration for children’s unique vulnerability and protected status under IHL. There is barely any atrocity that adults were ...

Operation P-HUNT 20.3: How the CCSE of the Kerala Police is countering countering child sexual exploitation India Published: Monday, December 28, 2020, 16:43 [IST] Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 28: The biggest impact of the COVID pandemic, apart from the Health issues, has been on online crimes against children and this has been flagged by the Interpol over the past ten months. The restrictions inside residences and lack of free movement has led to huge increase in internet activity all around the Gl...

Iraq: Denmark Supports UNITAD Investigating Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes and Crimes Against Children [EN/AR] 13 December, 2020 - 14:10 Countries: Denmark, Iraq Source: UN Assistance Mission for Iraq Please refer to the attached files. Baghdad, 11 December 2020 – Denmark has signed an agreement to provide financial support to the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD). The support, which amounts to DKK 6 Mil...

Denmark Supports UNITAD Investigating Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes and Crimes Against Children [EN/AR] Format Baghdad, 11 December 2020 – Denmark has signed an agreement to provide financial support to the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD). The support, which amounts to DKK 6 Million (approx. USD 900.000), is allocated to investigations carried out by UNITAD’s Gender–Based Crimes and Children Unit and is co-managed...