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Our Days in Baghdad

A War on the Children, Not on Saddam: A Report of the Asian Peace Mission to Iraq, 13 - 18 March 2003. Mission members include a representative to the Philippine House of Representatives, Prof. Walden Bello, executive director, Focus on the Global South, and a Member of Pakistan's National Assembly.

http://www.focusweb.org/content/view/112/95/

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Overcoming Lost Childhoods: Lessons learnt from the rehabilitation and reintegration of former child soldiers in Columbia [pdf]

This report summarises the lessons learned and recommendations from research into the specific rehabilitation and social reinsertion needs of former child soldiers in Colombia. Given the critical importance of the reintegration phase, Y Care International and YMCA Bogota have focused on lessons learned from Colombia's reintegration programme as it represents the most difficult and determinant phase in the life of a former child solider (Y Care International, January 2008).

http://www.child-soldiers.org/Overcoming_Lost_Childhoods_-_Colombia_-_Y_Care_International_-_January_2008.pdf

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Report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children

This report, which is based on the in-depth study of Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General pursuant to General Assembly resolution 57/90 of 2002, provides a global picture of violence against children and proposes recommendations to prevent and respond to this issue. (United Nations General Assembly, 9 August 2006)

http://www.violencestudy.org/IMG/pdf/English.pdf

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Rewrite the Future: Education for children in conflict-affected countries [pdf]

No child should have to pay the price for adults' wars, but increasingly they do. Millions of children are killed, millions more are injured, and millions spend their entire childhood in camps and other temporary shelters. Children cannot wait for conflict to end before we begin to address their educational needs. It is shameful that, in 2006, there are still 115 million children around the world who are denied their right to primary education. It is even more disturbing that one-third of these children are being kept out of school because of the effects of conflict. This report is part of Save the Children's five-year Rewrite the Future education initiative, which seeks to help millions of children in conflict-affected areas gain access to and reap the current and future benefits of a quality education. (International Save the Children Alliance, 2006)

http://www.savethechildren.org/rewrite-the-future/RewritetheFuture-PolicyReport.pdf

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Serious Abuses No Bar to U.S. Military Aid

Washington is providing military aid to six of the countries cited in the U.S. State Department's latest series of human rights reports for recruiting and using child soldiers. They are Afghanistan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Uganda. (William Fisher, InterPress Service, 11 April 2008)

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/11/8218/

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STOLEN CHILDREN: Abduction and Recruitment in Northern Uganda

Children are abducted in record numbers by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda and subjected to brutal treatment as soldiers, laborers, and sexual slaves. Since June of 2002, an estimated 5,000 children have been abducted from their homes and communities - a larger number than any previous year of the sixteen-year-old conflict and a dramatic increase from the less than 100 children abducted in 2001. This report is based on interviews with eighteen children who had been abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army, and three others who are now young adults but were abducted as children. (Human Rights Watch, March 2003)

http://hrw.org/reports/2003/uganda0303/

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Struggling to survive: children in armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (pdf)

In 2006, DRC continues to endure the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis, with more than 38,000 people dying every month as direct and indirect consequences of the armed conflict. Approximately 45 percent of these deaths occur among children under age 18. In addition, children are targets of human rights violations committed by armed forces and groups on a daily basis. Despite outward signs of progress in DRC, such as the creation of a power-sharing transitional government, the presence of the United Nations' largest peacekeeping operation and billions of dollars granted by donors for postconflict reconstruction, children are subject to killing and maiming, rape and other forms of sexual violence, abduction, denial of humanitarian assistance, attacks on schools and recruitment and use of children. In addition, various other violations, such as forced displacement and torture, also continue to be committed against children and their families. (Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, April 2006)

http://www.watchlist.org/reports/dr_congo.php

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SUDAN CASE STUDY: Mohammed, displaced in Darfur

When gunmen attacked Mohammed's village seven months ago, the 10-year-old boy fled on foot to Sekeli camp on the outskirts of the southern Darfur town of Nyala. He hasn't seen his father since. Three years of brutal conflict has forced 2.5 million people from their homes in this vast region of western Sudan. (Alertnet, 7 July, 2006)

http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/115228709869.htm

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SUDAN-UGANDA: Living with the Lord's Resistance Army

In the camp of the Lord Resistance Army there are children as young as seven or eight years old. Some have come volunterily and some have been kidnapped and forced to join the rebel group. Serving as the backbone of this group, as many as as 20,000 children have been abducted or killed during the conflict (IRIN News, 1 June 2007).

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72444

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The child-parents of Rwanda

In the Rwandan genocide between April 6 and July 4, 1994, more than 800,000 members of the Tutsi minority lost their lives and at least 3 million were orphaned. According to official estimates, more than 85,000 children found themselves responsible for their younger brothers, sisters and cousins. The authorities entrusted many of them to foster families, who could think of nothing better than to use them as servants. Most of them ran away, reconstituting their families and scraping a living as best they could, some taken in by friends, others sleeping in the street. Ultimately the government started the Kimironko settlement and gave them each a proper home. This article looks at these child-parents today, some of whom attend monthly meetings, asking "How are we to become grown-ups?" in a land of few opportunities. (Marion Van Renterghem, Guardian Weekly, April 2006)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/story/0,,1756815,00.html

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The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

The Coalition was formed in May 1998 by six leading non-governmental organizations. Its mission is to 'To prevent the recruitment and use of children as soldiers, to secure their demobilisation and to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration into society.' The Coalition works toward a straight-18 ban on child soldiering - a ban on all recruitment of children under the age of 18, by any armed force or group (governmental or nongovernmental) - and to ensure the demobilisation and rehabilitatation of all existing child soldiers.

http://www.child-soldiers.org/

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The Consequences of Child Soldiering

What are the long-term effects of child soldiering? This study of northern Uganda finds that only a small percentage of ex-child soldiers experience ongoing psychological trauma. Instead, it suggests that the primary disadvantage these young people face compared with their peers are impediments to employment - especially physical disabilities, and deficits in education and training resulting from interrupted schooling.

http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC23451&resource=f1

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The making, and unmaking, of a child soldier

This is the story of Ishmael, who was separated from his family at age 12 in 1993, as the Sierra Leone civil war entered his life and he became a soldier. (Ishmael Beah, International Herald Tribune, 14 January 2007)

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/14/america/web.0113soldier.nytMAG.php

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The State of Child Health and Human Rights in Nepal

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world. The high-intensity (more than 1,000 deaths per year) conflict between the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) rebels and the government forces led by the Royal Nepalese Army has affected the health, education, and other rights of the most vulnerable members of society, especially women and children. The conflict, which began in 1996, has resulted in widespread human rights violations by both parties as it draws the population into the conflict as both soldiers and victims. This article examines the evidence on the current state of child health and human rights in Nepal. The authors argue that time is running out for the children of Nepal, as they face an uncertain future if their health and human rights concerns are not addressed by local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the international community in a timely manner. They also suggest possible solutions to the current problem. (Sonal Singh, Erik Bøhler, Khagendra Dahal, Edward Mills, Public Library of Science Medicine, July 2006)

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030203

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The UN's 2006 List: Ten things the world should hear more about

Every year, the U.N.'s Department of Public Information unveils its list of the world's 10 most under-reported stories. Those for 2006 are as follows. Liberia: Development challenges top agenda as the nation recovers from years of civil strife. Lost in migration: Asylum seekers face challenges amid efforts to stem flows of illegal migrants. DR of Congo: As the country moves boldly towards historic vote, humanitarian concerns continue to demand attention. Nepal's hidden tragedy: Children caught in the conflict. Somalia: Security vacuum compounding effects of drought. Protracted refugee situations: Millions caught in limbo, with no solutions in sight. South Asian earthquake: Relief effort saves lives, stems losses, but reconstruction tasks loom large. Behind bars, beyond justice: An untold story of children in conflict with the law. From water wars to bridges of cooperation: Exploring the peace-building potential of a shared resource. Cote d'Ivoire: A strike away from igniting violence amidst a faltering peace process. (UN, 15 May 2006)

http://www0.un.org/events/tenstories/

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UGANDA CASE STUDY: Mary's sisters, 'night commuters'

Priscilla, Annette and Constance are among the thousands of children in rural northern Uganda who walk up to 20 kilometres (12 miles) every night to sleep in town. These "night commuters" hope to avoid marauding rebels who might abduct them and force them to be soldiers, porters or sex slaves. (Alertnet, 7 July, 2006)

http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/115229236615.htm

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Unicef - The State of Africa's Children

The State of Africa's Children 2008 highlights the need to position child survival at the heart of Africa's development and human rights agenda.

http://www.unicef.org/wcaro/soac08/report/report.php

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UNICEF: State of the World's Children Report 2005 [PDF - 6.5MB]

The UNICEF "State of the World's Children Report 2005 provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the World's Children. As Kofi Annan writes in the forward to the document "The State of the World's Children 2005 makes clear, for nearly half of the two billion children in the real world, childhood is starkly and brutally different from the ideal we all aspire to. Poverty denies children their dignity, endangers their lives and limits their potential. Conflict and violence rob them of a secure family life, betray their trust and their hope. HIV/AIDS kills their parents, their teachers, their doctors and nurses. It also kills them."

http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/sowc05.pdf

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War Child

War Child International is a network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war.

http://www.warchild.org/

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WatchList on Children and Armed Conflict

Protecting the security and rights of children in specific armed conflicts is the aim of the WatchList on children and Armed Conflict.

http://www.watchlist.org/

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Your war is not with me - a war child report [PDF]

When a war ends, the bullets stop flying and the bombs stop falling but the effects of war on children continue. This report is produced by War Child UK and is based on children's own perceptions of the extended consequences of war and how they can be addressed. Research was done with children from Bosinia Herzegovina, Iraq and Afghanistan. War Child also visited three schools in the UK to find out what young people there thought could be done for children around the world living in the aftermath of conflict. A free video accompanies the report. The report was released on the 4th June 2005 for World Day for Innocent Children, Victims of Aggression.

http://www.warchild.org.uk/publications_1.asp?PublicationID=104

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