Human Rights
Based on the principle of individual respect, Human rights fundamentally assumes each person is a moral being who deserves to be treated with dignity.
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
By the numbers
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700
Palestinian children aged 12-17 were arrested and subjected to solitary confinement, threats of death and sexual assault by Israeli military and police in the occupied West Bank in 2013.
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More than 300,000
children under the age of 18 are being exploited as child soldiers in armed conflicts worldwide.
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
By the numbers
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700
Palestinian children aged 12-17 were arrested and subjected to solitary confinement, threats of death and sexual assault by Israeli military and police in the occupied West Bank in 2013.
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More than 300,000
children under the age of 18 are being exploited as child soldiers in armed conflicts worldwide.
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