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Russia kills and injures Ukrainian children, life and fate of children are broken or destroyed - Darya Gerasimchuk

Advisor - Ombudsman on the Rights of the Child and Children's Rehabilitation, Darya Gerasimchuk, on the eve of Children's Day, emphasized on violations of Russia's fundamental rights of children.

“Given the consequences of full -scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine for the life and fate of Ukrainian children today, on the eve of Children's Day, especially wants to emphasize that Russian military violates all fundamental rights of Ukrainian children, provided for by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and others international or national legislation, ”Daria Gerasimchuk said at a briefing.

She stated that even if the child did not have bodily harm, the rights to personal life and protection against encroachment on him, protection against physical and psychological violence, rest and leisure, education and family of each of 7. 5 million children who lived who lived living In Ukraine, before the large -scale invasion of the Russian Federation. “Russia kills and injures Ukrainian children.

The life and fate of children is broken or destroyed, ”the adviser - the Presidential Commissioner emphasized. As of February 24, 2022, as of May 30, this year, 483 children were killed and 989 were injured. Darya Gerasimchuk noted that this list is incomplete because there is no information from the Ukrainian temporarily occupied territories.

Also advisor - the authorized head of state reminded the crimes of sexual violence against children, which is a violation of the right of the child to protect against all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual resettles, as well as violations from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading dignity, types of treatment or punishment. “For a month, my daughter is going to sleep in the hallway because she is afraid of a rocket or burn into our home.