by Roy Brown
Columnist Roy Brown in
his speech in the United Nations Human Rights Commission highlights the
pathetic condition of the children and writes, “We will be speaking in more
detail under agenda item 4 about one particular form of child abuse that has
become prevalent in many parts of Africa – namely accusations of witchcraft and
demonic possession against children by priests and pastors of evangelical
churches; accusations that are having catastrophic consequences for the
children concerned, often resulting in the torture or death of the victims.
Our second point
relates to States’ obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child
to file full reports on their responsibilities under the Convention every five
years, yet we note with concern that several States have failed to fully honour
that obligation. We would cite just one example: it is now 20 years since the
Holy See filed their last report.”
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