Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict

Mise a Jour de Campagne: L’avenir des droits de l’enfant; dans les mains de qui ?
13/Jun/2011 News
Summary: Prochaine étape: élections au Comité des Nations Unies sur les Droits de l'Enfant ...
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SOMALIA: UNICEF urges greater attention to child rights violations
3/Jun/2011 News
Summary: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has draw attention to what it describes as grave violations of...
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PHILPPINES: Child soldiers bill faces hurdles
3/Jun/2011 News
Summary: The approval of a bill banning the use of children in armed conflicts in Philippines is a good step, but...
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PHILIPPINES: Bill criminalizing use of children in armed conflict
31/May/2011 News
Summary: The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill criminalizing the use of children by...
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AFGHANISTAN: Les talibans nient utiliser des enfants comme kamikazes
26/May/2011 News
Summary: Environ 100 garçons âgés de 12 à 17 ans sont détenus par la Direction nationale de la Sécurité (DNS) afghane pour...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Quakers welcome rights for young army recruits
23/May/2011 News
Summary: The Ministry of Defence has decided that recruits under the age of eighteen will have the right of discharge. ...
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LIBYA: Gaddafi installs children's playground on roof of his Tripoli compound to act as 'human shields'
16/May/2011 News
Summary: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has installed a children's playground on the roof of his Tripoli compound. ...
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YEMEN: UN berates rebels & pro-govt militia for recruiting child soldiers
13/May/2011 News
Summary: The UN has added al Houthi rebels and a pro-government tribal militia in Yemen to its "list of shame" of 57 armed...
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