Posts Tagged by Child soldiers
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
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
The LRA: A Never Ending Struggle?
| May 6, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) originated in Northern Ugandan in 1987, where the rebel group started fighting the Ugandan army over the marginalisation of the Northern region. During its violent struggle the LRA has committed gross human rights violations, including murder, mutilations, and sexual enslavement. As a result the LRA lost support from the Northern… More
Educational Games: “Global Conflicts: Child Soldiers”
| May 3, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
Last year Serious Games Interactive launched an educational computer game on child soldiers as part of their award-winning Global Conflicts series. The series has been developed to allow students to learn about different conflicts throughout the world, and about underlying themes such as democracy, human rights, globalization, terrorism, climate and poverty. ”Global Conflicts: Child Soldiers” has… More
Somalia: Recruitment of Child Soldiers on the Rise
| May 2, 2010 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
The recruitment of child soldiers in Somalia is on the rise, both by the government and particularly by the country’s most powerful Islamist militia, al-Shabab, whose name means “the youth.” Al-Shabab’s recruitment of children partly stems from a lack of willing adults, who have been alienated by Islamist attacks on traditional Sufi saints and bans… More
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