Denouncing 7-Year-Old's Death, UN Rights Expert Demands US Halt Child Detentions
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"As repeatedly stated by a series of U.N. human rights bodies, detention of children based on their migratory status is a violation of international law."
by: Andrea Germanos
Activists project text and a picture of Jakelin Caal onto the home of CBP's Commissioner Kevin McAleenan in Virginia. (Photo: CREDO Action/Screenshot)
A day after the 7-year-old girl's small body returned to Guatemala in a coffin, a United Nations human rights expert demanded an independent probe into the death of Jakelin Caal while she was in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)—and made a broader call for the U.S. to stop its international law-violating practice of detaining children on the basis of their migratory status.
"The U.S. authorities must ensure that...