Child-hoods in jail? It's simply criminal

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Child victims of trafficking and abuse often face further victimisation under detention. No child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily." So states the Convention on the Rights of the Child, one of the seven core treaties of the international human rights framework. But, according to Unicef, an alarming number of children around the world are being deprived of their liberty, held in detention without sufficient cause. can we do something about it?