Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict

ARMED CONFLICT: UN unveils global campaign to end use of child soldiers in Government forces by 2016
18/Mar/2014 News
The United Nations today launched a new initiative to end the recruitment and use of children in Government forces in conflict by 2016, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressing that children should be armed with pens and textbooks, not guns.
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ARMED CONFLICT: Security Council sets out steps to combat violations against children in armed conflict
18/Mar/2014 News
The Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution setting out practical steps to combat violations against children in armed conflict, as United Nations officials underscored the need to do more to ensure that children are protected and perpetrators are brought to justice.
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Concluding Observations for Yemen's Initial Report on OPAC
5/Feb/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/OPAC/YEM/CO/1
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SYRIA: 'Unspeakable horrors' for children, UN report
4/Feb/2014 News
The Secretary-General's report is the first from the UN on the civil war's effects on children. 
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Concluding Observations for the Russian Federation's Initial OPAC Report
31/Jan/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/OPAC/RUS/CO/1
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Concluding Observations for Portugal's Initial OPAC Report
31/Jan/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/OPAC/PRT/CO/1
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Concluding Observations for the Holy See's initial OPAC report
31/Jan/2014 UN and Regional Documentation
CRC/C/OPAC/VAT/CO/1
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Over 6,000 child soldiers may be involved in fighting, UN says
20/Jan/2014 News
More than 6,000 child soldiers may now be involved in the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), with their numbers growing as fighting pits community against community in clashes that have taken on increasingly sectarian overtones, the United Nations reported today.
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Mental Health Handbook
3/Dec/2013 Publication
Summary: A guide for all those advising and working with children and young people who are defined as 'mentally ill'. The...
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