Monthly Archives: October 2010
Congo’s Children: the Forgotten Victims, Battling Traumas
| October 30, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
The war in DR Congo has often been called a forgotten war. This also goes for Congo’s children; the world seems to forget there are numerous children caught in the raging conflict, both as victims and perpetrators. They have become the forgotten victims and are struggling to survive, often on their own as many of… More
UN: “World community must help child soldiers fully reintegrate into society”
| October 25, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
United Nations top official Radhika Coomaraswamy has urged governments to provide the necessary resources to ensure the reintegration of child soldiers into civil society once they have been freed. Currently, many former child soldiers are re-recruited by armed groups or end up on the streets, surviving through crime. This is partly due to poorly designed… More
De Tragiek van een Ex-Kindsoldaat (Column voor Internationale Samenwerking)
| October 21, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
Het is een herfstachtige dag in september 2007 als ik Ishmael Beah op de universiteit in Oslo ontmoet. Op het eerste gezicht lijkt hij een gewone, vrolijke 27-jarige jongen, gekleed in een spijkerbroek en een felgekleurd T-shirt. Maar zodra hij aan zijn verhaal begint, realiseer ik me wat een tragiek er achter zijn grote, donkere ogen… More
Darfur Rebels Sign Deal to Stop Using Child Soldiers
| October 16, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
The Sudanese rebel group JEM has signed an agreement that allows the UN access to its bases to check whether children are being used as soldiers. According to the UN, children found in military areas or in conflict zones could be removed under the deal. As an estimated 6,000 children have been involved in fighting… More
CAR/DR Congo: LRA Continues Massive Abduction Campaign to Replenish Ranks and Abducts Girls in CAR Again
| October 13, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
On Sunday evening, the Ugandan rebel LRA abducted a number of girls during an ambush on Birao in the Central African Republic. Birao, a garrison town near the borders with Chad and Sudan, is located in an area where attacks by rebel groups including the LRA occur with regularity. The exact number of abductees is… More
TIME: Yemen’s Children of War: Tomorrow’s Fighters?
| October 11, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
“A six-year-long war in northern Yemen has created a generation of children who know of no other way of life except war. As families flee from the north to escape the fighting, memories of constant aerial bombardments, the widespread use of child soldiers and the sight of dead bodies still haunt the children, who make… More
Dangers to Children in Refugee Camps
| October 3, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
Camps for displaced people are among the most dangerous places for children caught up in war, UN special investigator Coomaraswamy says. There is a lack of protection for children which makes them vulnerable to forced recruitment by armed groups and sexual violence. Having fled from war and hoping to find safety, thousands of children live… More
11 New Countries Endorse the Paris Commitments to End the Use of Child Soldiers
| October 1, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
This week 11 new countries endorsed the ‘Paris Commitments’ to end the use of child soldiers, raising the number of supporting countries to 95. Cape Verde, Gabon, Togo, Uruguay, Iceland, Latvia, Georgia, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand and South Korea joined the growing list of states that have pledged to protect children from recruitment and… More
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