Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict

IRAN: Child soldiers being used to fight protesters
14/Mar/2011 News
Summary: The young troops, recruited from rural areas, comprise up to one-third of the total force. They are being used to...
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MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: Update on State violence against civilian protesters
10/Mar/2011 News
Summary: The civilian death toll increases amid government crackdowns on pro-democracy protesters in the region. Includes...
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LIBYA: Statement by SR for Children and Armed Conflict on the protection of children
10/Mar/2011 News
Summary: Radhika Coomaraswamy condemns reports of violence against children and their use in armed conflict. ...
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COTE D'IVOIRE: Ivorians speak of killings and fear in Abidjan
8/Mar/2011 News
Summary: "People are being burned alive and hacked to bits with machetes", said one Ivorian activist. ...
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DR CONGO: UNICEF chief urges better protection from violence for children
7/Mar/2011 News
Summary: UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake today visited Goma in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo to advocate...
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ARMED CONFLICT: Priority to Protect - Preventing children’s association with village defence militias in southern Thailand
3/Mar/2011 Publication
Summary: This report focuses on evidence of the association of boys under the age of 18 with Chor Ror Bor (Village Defence...
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Vargas Areco v. Paraguay
Tue, 26/09/2006 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the recruitment of child soldiers in Paraguay.
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ARMED CONFLICT: The hidden crisis - Armed conflict and education
2/Mar/2011 Publication
Summary: Armed conflict is robbing 28 million children of an education by exposing them to widespread rape and other...
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CONFLICTO ARMADO: Una crisis encubierta - conflictos armados y educación
2/Mar/2011 Publication
Summary: Los conflictos armados hipotecan el futuro de 28 millones de niños, según un informe de la UNESCO. ...
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ISRAEL: Children Affected by Armed Conflicts, UNICEF reports
1/Mar/2011 Publication
Summary: The bulletin is published on a bi-monthly basis highlighting trends and patterns in grave violations against...
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