PHOTO: Brazil: In December 2001, a girl, Elaine da Paixao Santos, stands in front of a wall on which she has drawn a heart and the inscription "I love you, mom" in Portuguese, on the grounds of the Mother City Foundation in La Paz, a poor neighbourhood in Salvador, capital of the eastern state of Bahia in Brazil. Elaine lives with her grandmother to avoid the fighting in her parents’ home. (UNICEF/HQ01-0442/Claudio Versiani)
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Defence for Children International/Palestine Section. (2004). Status of Palestinian Children’s Rights: Israel’s violations of the right to life and security and the rights of children deprived of their liberty during the second Intifada. Jerusalem: Defence for Children International/Palestine Section.

This report covers the period from 29 September – 30 June 2004 and focuses on violations of the right to life and violations suffered by children deprived of their liberty. It is based on DCI/PS documentation and adopts a rights based approach, examining Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children during this period through the lens of the CRC.
Includes statistics.

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