Reports

Paper presented by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers at the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Rehabilitation and Reintegration of War-Affected Children 22-23 October 2009 - Brussels, Belgium 1. SUMMARY The paper outlines key developments in international efforts to end…

A case study of children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Teso, eastern Uganda EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The research reported here was undertaken with the aim of allowing the voices of children and youth who had been abducted by the armed…

(extract) INTRODUCTION Uganda is party to a number of international human rights treaties related to the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and groups. The government has made some efforts to ensure that children enjoy their rights as enshrined…

"The recruitment or use of children by armed forces and armed groups is a breach of international humanitarian law, a violation of international human rights law and a war crime under international criminal law". Victoria Forbes Adam, Director, International Coalition…

London, 25 June 2003 The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers today stated that the recent abduction of girls from a boarding school in Lwara, Kabermaido district, Northern Uganda signals a sharp jump in child abduction and recruitment…

The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers today called on African governments and armed groups to implement commitments to stop child soldiering. "The Day of the African Child is not only a celebration of progress towards child…

ANGOLA: UNITA CHILD SOLDIERS SURRENDER 70 UNITA soldiers surrendered to authorities in northern Angola, among them child soldiers "clothed in rags and torn shoes" and often malnourished. Like other UNITA soldiers recently, the group crossed the border to hand themselves…

MARY ROBINSON PLANTS RED HANDS AGAINST THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS Thousands of 'red hands' will be planted in the grounds of the United Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva on 12 February to mark the entry into force of…

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah will launch the first ever, regional conference analysing the use of children as soldiers in the Middle East and North Africa. From Sunday 8 April, over 110 senior government and military officials, UN child-rights' experts…

Child soldiers should be demobilised immediately as part of peace moves between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers urged today. In a special appeal, the international NGO coalition appealed to the governments of Ethiopia…