“The committee condemns in the strongest terms the severe violations of rights under the convention in the OPT [Occupied Palestinian Territories], including the tremendous loss of life as a result of the state party’s military actions,” said the four-person committee on Thursday. The convention referred to is the Convention on the Rights of the Child....

“The Bureau is deeply concerned by the deadly cycles of violence and the senseless loss of civilian lives, mainly Palestinians, which keep growing. The Bureau stresses the need for accountability for all illegal Israeli policies and measures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,” the UN committee said in a press release.