side-event 03.10.2022, 14:00 – 15:00, Meeting Room 5 Opera (launch is going to be provided) The coalition “Child Rights in Ukraine” and the coalition “Ukrainian Child Rights Network” with the support of ADC Memorial organise a discussion about the best…
Theme: children’s rights
The UN is concerned about the plight of children with disabilities affected by the war in Ukraine
Before the start of the military conflict, more than 160,000 children with disabilities lived in Ukraine. According to the National Health Service of Ukraine, 105 thousand of them were in boarding schools. It is known that by the end of…
UNICEF: War marred the beginning of the school year for four million Ukrainian schoolchildren
Since the beginning of Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, thousands of schools have been damaged or destroyed, according to UNICEF. Far from all schools opened on September 1: the government recognized less than 60% of the country’s schools as safe….
More than 100 orphans from Ukraine were sent to Russian foster families by the Russian authorities
The children were taken out from the so-called “DPR” and “LPR” territories and from the territories occupied by the Russian troops after February 24. Paperwork and selection of foster families began in June, after Putin signed a decree on a…
During a briefing on July 20 Daria Gerasimchuk, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights and Children’s Rehabilitation, announced: “The Russian authorities are voicing the number of 350,000 children allegedly ‘evacuated’ to Russia. However, no one is going…
#CrossborderChildhoodUA: ADC Memorial launches campaign to protect refugee children from Ukraine
The war started by Russia has destroyed the peaceful life of Ukraine. Millions of residents had to leave their homes, fleeing occupation, shelling, and humanitarian disaster. The launch of the #CrossborderChildhoodUA campaign is timed to the June dates: June 1…