Sri Lanka, March 23 -- The horrendous killings of children in military conflicts and civil wars - both by national armed forces and militant groups - have triggered widespread condemnation by human rights organisations worldwide.

But a "list of shame" singling out some of these perpetrators have been politicized leaving out some of these countries under fire, including Afghanistan, Israel (in the killings in occupied territories), Somalia and Yemen (where the killings are blamed on the aerial attacks by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates).

According to Human Rights Watch, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been repeatedly criticized for letting national armed forces and non-state armed groups off the hook for grave violati...