Child soldiers

Adopted by the participants in the Symposium on the Prevention of Recruitment of Children into the Armed Forces and Demobilization and Social Reintegration of Child Soldiers in Africa, organized by UNICEF in cooperation with the NGO Sub-group of the NGO Working Group on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Cape Town, 30 April 1997. - [Read more]

Complete text of the manual "Children - Not Soldiers. Guidelines for Working with Child Soldiers and Children Associated with Fighting Forces". By Isobel McConnan and Sarah Uppard. - [Read more]

This framework examines current thinking on the issue of children affected by armed conflict. Arguing that children need different interventions than adults in situations of armed conflict, it provides a starting point for considering appropriate interventions in these situations. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Geeta Narayan, Jul 2002. - [Read more]

Offers the most useful collection of weblinks we have found so far. - [Read more]

Website of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. - [Read more]

The CACU's thematic section covers themes such as child soldiers, juvenile justice, psychosocial, girls. For each section a good selection of information including legal standards, press reports, conference reports, articles and analysis. - [Read more]

Although this tool is destined women and children, the method used can be adapted to other target populations to analyse problems affecting it (six dimensions are analysed: protection from sexual violence and physical harm, trafficking and prostitution, military recruitment, psychological trauma, family separation and abuses in camp settings). The section on Response Options offers an inspiring overview of possible protection strategies and activities. Biggish file may be difficult to download. - [Read more]