Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict

22/Nov/2012 News

Summary: UN Special Representative Leila Zerrougui reports "children have been killed and injured in the cross-fire,...

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19/Nov/2012 News

Summary: Sierra Leone went to the polls on November 17 and is making a recovery ten years after the civil war. But former...

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19/Nov/2012 Publication

Summary: An analysis of Albania's compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) and its two...

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7/Nov/2012 News

Summary: US companies hired by the government recruit former child soldiers from Uganda to risk their lives as mercenaries...

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7/Nov/2012 News

Summary: New evidence of child soldiers being engaged in combat on behalf of the opposition has emerged, as international...

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7/Nov/2012 News

Summary: The civil war in ethnic areas lead to forced labor, the use of child soldiers, torture and ill-treatment....

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7/Nov/2012 News

Summary: A recent study found that in the last four years, 18,000 children have been forced to join guerrilla groups and...

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7/Nov/2012 News

Summary: Alors que la législation et un consensus politique permettent aux États-Unis de décourager l'utilisation d...

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1/Nov/2012 News

Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North is using a refugee camp as recruitment grounds for troops including...

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26/Oct/2012 News

Summary: The Taliban's attempt to kill teenaged activist Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan earlier this month underlines the...

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