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[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 days ago (5 children)

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child

:::spoiler Which Country is the Greatest Threat to Peace? (Gallup, 2018)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Fun fact: The US votes against that one because it prohibits giving the death penalty to minors.

Yeah.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Hey hey, it's not JUST about that!

It's also because it classifies child marriage as abuse. You can still get married to or marry off your child as young as 12 in some states.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I mean it's not surprising in the least, well maybe that they do go into such technicalities while killing millions of children around the world.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Ukrainians viewing the US only to be used by them to fight a proxy war is sad to see.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is that an Egyptian flag on France ?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Whoops, thanks, that makes more sense

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago

Pakistan pulling a "I don't think about you at all"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

Italy beefing with Afghanistan in 2018, smh even America had moved on