Dhaka, Feb. 14 -- UNICEF has said it seeks a justice system fit for children that ends their criminalization.

"Rather than treating children as threats, ensure they understand their accountability, recognize them as rights holders in need of care, protection, and rehabilitation," said the UN agency.

"Ensure child-sensitive legal processes: where specialized courts, legal aid, and child-sensitive investigations uphold children's rights," UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh Rana Flowers said in a statement in response to the OHCHR fact-finding report "Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh."

For children who are found by the courts to have committed a crime, she called for expandi...