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Celebrities and international security experts join call for British families to be brought home from unlawful detention in Syria.

War Child, the leading charity for children affected by conflict, is calling for a rapid and significant scale-up of the humanitarian response to earthquake survivors – particularly children - in north-west Syria.

On 19th July 2022, former VoiceMore participant Patrick delivered a powerful statement at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict.

In collaboration with various charities, War Child UK calls for the Secretary-General to ensure that his report accurately reflects data collected and verified by the United Nations Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism.

The carnage we’ve witnessed in Ukraine over the past two months has been a reminder, if needed, that all wars are waged against children.

In the newly published report today, War Child argues that building the capacity of partner military forces, without appropriate efforts to ensure that the capacity is used in accordance with international law and best practice, places more children at risk.

War Child UK is calling for children of British citizens who have been accused of association with extremist groups in Syria and Iraq to be immediately supported to travel to the UK following the Turkish invasion of Syria.

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Meet Mimi, a War Child UK Youth Advocate from Libya. Her poem ‘Weak’ shows the effects of growing up female in a war zone.

In 2013 we were supporting 62,236 children affected by war annually. Now, thanks to the players of the People's Postcode Lottery, that's increased to 165,237.

There are six ‘grave violations’ of children defined by the United Nations (UN). Here's what they are.

Today marks three years of war in Yemen. Britain continues to play a vital role in helping to create the 'world's worst man-made humanitarian crisis of our time'.