Dora Castillo

Policy adviser on child rights @amnesty | International law | Views my own. RT and follow not endorsement.

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

Enhancing the protection of children online is an urgent priority that needs to be done right. Governments and tech companies must make digital platforms safer by design, strengthen data protection, and ensure accountability for those responsible for harm.

➡️ @UNHumanRights has issued a set of guidelines aimed at improving children’s safety online and protecting their rights: https://t.co/bEev0QHrcw

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Dutch friends.
"If you tolerate this, then your children will be next" (cit)

[Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @RepJasmine]

I am aware of reports that this precious 5-year old, Liam Ramos, who was kidnapped by ICE as he returned home from preschool in Minneapolis may be in San Antonio, Texas.

I will be visiting the Dilley Detention Center in San Antonio next week to conduct oversight and will demand answers on the whereabouts and wellbeing of Liam.

If it were up to me, we’d be at the Dilley Detention Center RIGHT NOW getting answers. But let’s be clear about what’s really happening here: the Trump Administration is illegally blocking Members of Congress from conducting lawful oversight. We have an absolute right—under federal law and the Constitution—to enter detention facilities, unannounced, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people in government custody.

I am outraged. My heart aches for Liam’s family. We will get answers.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Liam Ramos is just a baby. He should be at home with his family, not used as bait by ICE and held in a Texas detention center.

I am outraged, and you should be too.

[Chris Hedges @ChrisLynnHedges]

https://t.co/1SZFnbVZKZ

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

Dismayed by the official sanctions that the US government has decided to impose on the UN Special Rapporteur, @FranceskAlbs

We recall that Special Rapporteurs are independent experts. They are not appointed to please governments or to be popular but to deliver their mandate. Francesca Albanese is working tirelessly to document and report on Israel’s unlawful occupation, apartheid and genocide, on the basis of international law.

Governments around the world and all actors who believe in the rule-based order and international law must do everything in their power to mitigate and block the effect of the sanctions against Francesca Albanese and more generally to protect the work and independence of Special Rapporteurs.

[Amnesty Italia @amnestyitalia]

Chi pensa alle bambine e ai bambini di Haiti? La violenza delle gang sta devastando la loro infanzia https://t.co/AAG3BfHM4c

[Amnesty International Nigeria @AmnestyNigeria]

Dive into this toolkit now and become a champion of girls’ rights. Time to join the #EmpowerOurGirls campaign.

https://t.co/xzr8M48wTn

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

The #ICC has delivered guilty verdicts for the crime of using child soldiers in
➡️ Lubanga case #DRC
➡️ Ntaganda case #DRC
➡️ Ongwen case #Uganda

ℹ More info: https://t.co/pWkgjIamtB

12 February = International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers

#ChildrenNotSoldiers

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

Haiti: @Amnesty is releasing a new report detailing sickening gangs' violence against children.

More than 1 million children are estimated to be living in areas controlled by or under the influence of gangs.

Gangs threaten, beat, rape and kill children. They have committed multiple abuses of children’s rights, including the rights to life, to education, and to freedom of movement.

The lives of far too many children in Haiti are being wrecked, and they have nowhere to go for protection or justice. They are chased and at times killed by self-defence groups, while the authorities arbitrarily detain them.

Childhood in Haiti is being stolen.

It is time for Haitian authorities and the international community, including donors, to step up their efforts. Empty expressions of concern are not enough.

Children’s bodies, minds and hearts are violated every day. Haiti needs urgent assistance to protect children and to prevent further cycles of violence.

@Amnesty calls on the government to address impunity by expediting the creation of special judicial chambers for the prosecution of grave human rights abuses and violations.

Programmes to effectively demobilize and reintegrate children associated with gangs, as well as to provide comprehensive health and legal assistance to survivors of sexual violence, are a priority.

We also urge countries to stop forcibly deporting Haitians as long as the gangs’ campaign of terror and broader human rights crisis continues.

https://t.co/DP3SLMgYVh

[Laurie Hanna @LaurieHanna]

"The widespread gang violence is essentially amounting to an overwhelming assault on childhood itself"

@Amnesty's @RawyaRageh on our new report documenting gang violence in #Haiti

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/E3LPF28wTQ

https://t.co/YFbNen2r5b

[Rawya Rageh @RawyaRageh]

📣 Out Now: @amnesty’s report “‘I’m a child, why did this happen to me?’ Gangs’ assault on childhood in #Haiti”

Based on 112 intrvws, we document

‼️Recruitment of children
‼️Rape & sexual violence
‼️Killings & injuries
‼️Impact on children w disabilities
https://t.co/5bURSr84dW

[Dora Castillo @DoraCastillo_2]

The Guardian-I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani #Gaza #Children https://t.co/C3mMm7bZhn

[The Jolie Project @thejolieproject]

Angelina Jolie pens the foreword for Nicky Parker and @amnesty's new children's book, 'These Rights Are Your Rights.'

"This book tells you what your rights are, where they come from and why they matter... When young people join together, you are an unstoppable force."

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Save the Children reports that thousands of missing Palestinian children are trapped under rubble, buried in unmarked graves, harmed by explosives, detained by Israeli forces, or lost in the chaos of the war on Gaza.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://t.co/CyjjBCsp86

[UNChildRights @UNChildRights1]

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child #UNCRC delivers its strongest statement. Gaza: Halt the war now to save children from dying of imminent famine. #childrensrights @lexpsy

[Jo Becker @jobeckerhrw]

New @hrw report finds that unregistered marriages in Iraq are opening the door to child marriage on a large scale, with devasting impacts on girls. 22% of unregistered marriages involve girls under 14. https://t.co/Gac17s8enI

[Jo Becker @jobeckerhrw]

I'm looking forward to joining this panel on February 29 to take stock of US efforts to end the use of child soldiers -- with @SenatorDurbin, Dan Ohlstein from @StateDept, and Rachel Stohl of @StimsonCenter. Register to attend in-person or online:
https://t.co/MYatyobLxp

[Jo Becker @jobeckerhrw]

#Israel postponed its review by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on its compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, but the committee spoke out anyway on the impact of the Israel/Gaza conflict on children. New statement: https://t.co/6Fj65mhM1n