Re-examining Voluntarism: Youth Combatants in Sierra Leone

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Summary: Based on field research conducted in
Sierra Leone during and after its
ten-year civil war, this monograph
gives an account of why young
people, both children and youth,
joined, remained with and re-joined
armed factions and suggests that
the agency of young people was an
important force I the dynamics of this
conflict.Owner: Krijn Peters

Organisation: 
Institute for Security Studies
Web: 
http://www.iss.co.za/pubs/Monographs/No100/Contents.html
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Reporting to and monitoring the CRC
Individual cases of violations
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