Child Soldiers (24)

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights/childrenofconflict/soldier.shtml
BBC News - Child Soldiers: Children of Conflict Open in a new browser window
   Most of the victims are obviously boys. Listen to child soldiers, wounded, lost and working children tell their stories in sound files.
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights/childrenofconflict/soldier.shtml
http://hrw.org/reports/2004/childsoldiers0104/
Child Soldier Use 2003 Open in a new browser window
   Documents the deployment of children as combatants, to commit abuses against civilians, as sex slaves, forced labourers, messengers, informants and servants in continuing and newly erupting conflicts.
   http://hrw.org/reports/2004/childsoldiers0104/
http://www.amnestyusa.org/Children/Child_Soldiers/page.do?id=1051047&n1=3&n2=78&n3=1270
Child Soldiers Open in a new browser window
   AIUSA's campaign for the rights of children under 18 who are serving in the military or who are abducted to help armed opposition groups.
   http://www.amnestyusa.org/Children/Child_Soldiers/page.do?id=1051047&n1=3&n2=78&n3=1270
http://www.vachss.com/help_text/child_soldiers.html
Child Soldiers Resources Open in a new browser window
   Listings of and links to articles and organizations about the use of children and young people as soldiers armed conflicts worldwide.
   http://www.vachss.com/help_text/child_soldiers.html
http://www.crin.org/themes/viewTheme.asp?ID=11&name=Armed+conflict
Child rights information network: Armed Conflict Open in a new browser window
   An information base for current news and documents on children in armed conflict including child soldiers.
   http://www.crin.org/themes/viewTheme.asp?ID=11&name=Armed+conflict
http://www.icrc.org/eng/children
Children and War Open in a new browser window
   International Committee of the Red Cross information on the fate of children caught up in the turmoil of conflict.Includes information on children, war and humanitarian law.
   http://www.icrc.org/eng/children
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu/Issues/Future/menu/childsoldiers.htm
Children in Armed Conflict Unit: Child Soldiers Open in a new browser window
   Offers a list of international laws and standards, articles, conferences and other information on the global use of child soldiers.
   http://www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu/Issues/Future/menu/childsoldiers.htm
http://child-soldier.org
Children in Conflict: Child Soldiers Open in a new browser window
   Gives details of projects around the world by SOS Children for child soldiers including current conflicts and a look back with ex-soldiers at past conflicts.
   http://child-soldier.org
http://www.child-soldiers.org/
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Open in a new browser window
   Nonprofit activist group working to stop the recruitment of children in war.
   http://www.child-soldiers.org/
http://hrw.org/reports/2004/liberia0204/
How to Fight, How to Kill: Child Soldiers in Liberia Open in a new browser window
   Documents the use of child soldiers in the Liberian civil war and offers recommendations on reintegrating these children into civil society.
   http://hrw.org/reports/2004/liberia0204/
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/
Human Rights Watch: Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Open in a new browser window
   Information and accounts of the use of child soldiers.
   http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/
http://www.un.org/rights/concerns.htm#soldiers
Impact of Armed Conflict on Children: Child Soldiers Open in a new browser window
   Extract from the report of Graca Machel, expert of the Secretary-General of the UN.
   http://www.un.org/rights/concerns.htm#soldiers
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/training/publ/pub13.htm
International Labour Organization:The Reintegration of War-Affected Youth - The Experience of Mozambique Open in a new browser window
   Publication on skills development and training for war-affected youth after civil war in Mozambique.
   http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/training/publ/pub13.htm
http://www.rnw.nl/en/liberia/index.html
Radio Netherlands: Child Soldiers of Liberia Open in a new browser window
   Provides information about the use of child soldiers in the Liberian civil war (1989-1997).
   http://www.rnw.nl/en/liberia/index.html
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/drc3/
Reluctant Recruits: Children and Adults Forcibly Recruited for Military Service in N. Kivu (Congo) Open in a new browser window
   Human Rights Watch report (29 May 2001)points to the continued recruitment of children by the major Congolese rebel group.
   http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/drc3/
http://www.rb.se/eng/Programme/Childreninarmed/Childsoldiers/
Rädda Barnen: Child War Database Open in a new browser window
   Save the Children Sweden's documentation centre on child soldiers.
   http://www.rb.se/eng/Programme/Childreninarmed/Childsoldiers/
http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/cgi-bin/sos/jsp/retrieve.do?lang=en&site=ZZ&nav=5.3&cat=%2F5.3.4_optional_sub_4&ed=27082
SOS Children's Villages - Aid Orientated Towards The Future Open in a new browser window
   Learn about this aid organization offering continuous care to former child soldiers ravaged by war in Uganda.
   http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/cgi-bin/sos/jsp/retrieve.do?lang=en&site=ZZ&nav=5.3&cat=%2F5.3.4_optional_sub_4&ed=27082
http://www.cdi.org/program/index.cfm?ProgramID=21
The Centre for Defense Information's Children and Armed Conflict Project Open in a new browser window
   Provides information (written and visual) on the global use of child soldiers.
   http://www.cdi.org/program/index.cfm?ProgramID=21
http://www.un.org/special-rep/children-armed-conflict/English/ChildSoldiers.html
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict: Child Soldiers Open in a new browser window
   Website of the office of the UN Special Represntative of the Secretary -General for Children in Armed Conflict focusing on child soldiers.
   http://www.un.org/special-rep/children-armed-conflict/English/ChildSoldiers.html
http://www.unicef.org/graca/
UNICEF: Impact of Armed Conflict on Children Open in a new browser window
   Full text of and other information surrounding the official report produced by Graca Machel, Expert of the Secretary-General of the UN.
   http://www.unicef.org/graca/
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu/default.htm
University of Essex: Children and Armed Conflict Unit Open in a new browser window
   Provides up-to-date information, reports and documents on the impact of armed conflicts on children including child soldiers.
   http://www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu/default.htm
http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/Monographs/No32/Contents.html
Using Children in Armed Conflict: A Legitimate African Tradition? Open in a new browser window
   A monograph by T.W. Bennett on the history and efforts to criminalise recruitment of child soldiers, from the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa.
   http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/Monographs/No32/Contents.html
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/colombia0903/
You'll Learn Not To Cry: Child Combatants in Colombia Open in a new browser window
   More than 11,000 children fight in Colombia's armed conflict, one of the highest totals in the world. Both guerrilla and paramilitary forces rely on child combatants, who have committed atrocities and are even made to execute other children who try to des
   http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/colombia0903/

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