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Their deaths were recorded by Human Rights Watch in Al Hilla, and included in its recent report “Off Target” on civilian casualties from the war in Iraq. Human Rights Watch field assessments CCW/GGE/IX/WG.1/WP.1 Page 4 of a handful of cities in Iraq found that by the end of May 2003, unexploded submunitions had already caused hundreds of civilian casualties. 8. (...) This is demonstrated by another example from the Human Rights Watch report “Off Target” when Hussam Jasmi, 13 and Muhammad Mun ‘im Muhammad, 14 were killed after stepping on a BLU-97 submunition.

GENERAL E/CN.4/1996/NGO/39 27 March 1996 ENGLISH ONLY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-second session Item 20 of the provisional agenda RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Written statement submitted by Human Rights Watch, a non-governmental organization in consultative status (category II) The Secretary-General has received the following written statement, which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1296 (XLIV) (...) E/CN.4/1996/NGO/39 page 3 9. Human Rights Watch calls on the Commission on Human Rights to urge the Chinese Government to: (a) Open all institutions caring for abandoned and orphaned children to public scrutiny by domestic and foreign observers; (b) Order the Ministry of Civil Affairs to publish immediately comprehensive statistics on abandoned children, giving detailed figures on the number of abandoned infants and children discovered in each Chinese province in recent years, as well as the number of such children offered for legal adoption, fostered with private families, and placed in institutional care; (c) Prosecute those responsible for perpetrating or concealing abuses against orphans in Shanghai; (d) Order the Ministry of Civil Affairs to promulgate strict rules prohibiting the abuse of children in welfare institutions, such as corporal punishment, tying of children's limbs, medically unjustified use of drugs to control children's behaviour and all forms of paid or unpaid child labour; (e) Amend the 1991 adoption law to eliminate obstacles to the domestic adoption of abandoned children. (...) These children bear appalling physical and psychological injuries and pose dangers to themselves and to others. 11. Human Rights Watch has conducted field investigations and issued reports on the use of children as soldiers in Liberia (1994) and in the Sudan (1995).