Last year, 41,370 grave violations against children were documented and verified by the United Nations.
This is a 25% surge in “grave violations” against the children under the age of 18 from 2023.
The United Nations has kept Israel on its “blacklist” of countries committing the abuses against children in armed conflict for a second straight year.
It also kept the Russian armed forces and affiliated armed groups on its blacklist for a third year.
In Haiti, the UN has put gang, the Viv Ansanm coalition, on the blacklist for the first time.