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Children, Torture and Power is a call to the international
community to place the torture of children onto the international
human rights agenda, and to start combating this deep-rooted
problem. The report shows how children in countries all over the
world are being subjected to torture and ill-treatment at the
hands of their own governments and armed opposition groups.
Drawing on documentary evidence from the UN and inter-
governmental bodies, as well as a wide range of NGOs, this
report identifies the following factors which increase children's
vulnerability to torture and ill-treatment:
conflict with the law
poverty
discrimination (for example, ethnicity, religion, gender, social
origin, birth)
family associations
political activism
involvement in armed conflict
The report also considers:
the international definition of torture and problems in its
application to children
the effects of torture on children
mechanisms which exist to protect children from torture
This report sets out a series of concrete recommendations for
governments, inter-governmental agencies and NGOS, and
donors.
Owner: Save the Children UK and OMCT, Nathalie Man