Topic: Child Soldiers
Groups call for law change on child soldiers
October 17, 2012 · , ucanews.com reporter, Manila, Philippines October 16, 2012
International rights groups today called on the Senate to remove a provision in a draft law that allows for the parents of child soldiers to be prosecuted. “The draft language sets too low a bar for criminalization and is open to misuse and misinterpretation,” said Child Soldiers International and Human Rights Watch in a joint […]
Read More...UN ENVOY REPORTS NO EVIDENCE OF ‘CHILD SOLDIERING’ IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA
April 14, 2002 ·
A top United Nations expert on the impact of armed conflict on children said that during a recent visit to Eritrea and Ethiopia he had seen no systematic use of child soldiers and found no evidence of child abuse in refugee camps. Olara Otunnu, Secretary-General’s Kofi Annan’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, said […]
Read More...D.R.C.: Rebels Agree To Demobilise Child Soldiers [news]
August 16, 2001 ·
UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said yesterday from Uganda that rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have given her agency assurances they will stop recruiting and begin demobilising child soldiers. Bellamy said that in addition to a demobilisation program already in place with the D.R.C. government, the new pledge shows that “the rebel […]
Read More...Misery of children enslaved by the gun
July 10, 2001 ·
Sarah Ayero had never seen a gun before one was put to her head. Three days later, she was learning to dismantle an AK-47 and to kill people at close range. She was 12 years old. The untold quantities of small arms swilling around northern Uganda and its borders make Sarah and thousands of children like her a hugely valuable commodity.
Read More...Cheap Guns Make Kids Warriors: Study
May 30, 2000 ·
United Nations: Cheap, light weapons are helping turn children into vicious warriors in many countries, researchers said in a report released recently at the United Nations. More than 300,000 people under the age of 18 are fighting as soldiers in 34 conflicts, many of them wielding automatic weapons, according to the study commissioned by the […]
Read More...Young Child Soldiers Used as Cannon Fodder in Asia
May 24, 2000 ·
BANGKOK- Young boys and girls are increasingly being used by Asian militaries and insurgent groups as cannon fodder, according to the firstever survey on the use of child soldiers in Asia
Read More...Nations Hail Draft of Historic Accord on Children Warriors
January 23, 2000 ·
UNITED NATIONS-An international accord aimed at prohibiting the use of child soldiers was hailed as a landmark achievement by human rights groups, LTN Secretary General Kofi Annan and US President Bill Clinton.
Read More...UN, Human Rights Groups hail Agreement on Child Soldiers
January 23, 2000 ·
UNITED NATIONS-An international,agreement aimed at ending the use of child soldiers is being hailed as a major achievement after six years of wrangling over the details.
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