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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

US has more detained children in the world, UN study shows

The United States has the largest number of children in detention, including more than 100,000 cases of immigration-related children in custody who violate international conventions, the author of a United Nations study said on Monday.
Worldwide, more than 7 million people under the age of 18 are in prison and in police custody, including 330,000 in detention centers for immigrants, independent expert Manfred Nowak said.
Children should be detained only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest possible time, according to the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty.
"The United States is one of the countries with the largest numbers, we still have over 100,000 children in immigration-related detention in the United States," Nowak said in a statement.
"Of course, separating children from their parents, including young children, as was done by the Trump government on the Mexican border with the United States is absolutely prohibited by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. I would classify it as inhuman treatment for both parents and children. children."
There was no immediate reaction from the US authorities.
Novak said US officials did not respond to his questionnaire sent to all countries.
The researcher said the United States had ratified important international treaties such as those guaranteeing civil and political rights and prohibiting torture, but it was the only country that did not ratify the children's rights pact.

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