Demand that all parties uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights law (IHRL) call on all parties to engage with the UN to end and prevent grave violations against children and urge accountability for all perpetrators.On June 5, an attack on the village of Solhan by a non-state armed group resulted in the deaths of more than 130 civilians, including many children. The Government of Burkina Faso has developed a handover protocol with the UN for the transfer of children allegedly associated with armed groups to civilian child protection actors, which is awaiting final adoption. The report also found that 10 boys had been detained in Ouagadougou since 2018 for alleged association with armed groups, and one boy was released and placed in a transit center. Violations were attributed to the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (JNIM), the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), Burkina Faso’s Defence and Security Forces, Volontaires pour la d éfense de la patrie, and unidentified perpetrators. A total of 80 attacks on schools (70) and hospitals (10) were verified, as well as eight incidents of denial of humanitarian access. The UN was able to verify three cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence against children. These include the recruitment and use of four boys by unidentified perpetrators in the Sahel region, the killing and maiming of at least 54 children (27 boys, 26 girls, 1 sex unknown), and the abduction of 22 children (14 boys, 8 girls).
The United Nations verified 171 grave violations against children in 2020, mostly occurring in the East, Central North, and Sahel regions of Burkina Faso.
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