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Priority to protect: Preventing children’s association with village defence militias in southern Thailand
This joint report from Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and Justice for Peace Foundation focuses on evidence of the association of boys under the age of 18 with Chor Ror Bor (Village Defence Volunteers), one of the government-established villag
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Training Manual on Child Rights and Child Protection for UNIFIL Peacekeepers
War is part of everyday life for millions of children. Some have never known any other life while others live in the midst of civil wars, armed insurgency, and/ or under long-term occupation by a foreign army. For others, the world is suddenly turned upsi
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Through a new lens: A Child-Sensitive Approach to Transitional Justice
“Through a New Lens: A Child-Sensitive Approach to Transitional Justice” analyzes experiences of four countries—Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Colombia and Nepal—and identifies some key lessons on children’s participation in transitional jus
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No war, no peace: the denial of minority rights and justice in Sri Lanka
With the end of the conflict between Sri Lankan government forces and the Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam (LTTE or ‘Tamil Tigers’) in 2009, normality has returned for much of the population of Sri Lanka. But for members of the country’s two main minorit
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Engaging Nonstate Armed Groups on the Protection of Children: Towards strategic complementarity
This Issue Brief, entitled "Engaging Nonstate Armed Groups on the Protection of Children: Towards Strategic Complementarity", is published by the Non-Governmental Organization Geneva Call in collaboration with the International Peace Institute. The Issue
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Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in Democratic Republic of the Congo- Discussion papers
This paper undertakes a critical review of existing evidence on livelihoods and the delivery of basic services and social protection interventions in DRC, paying extra attention to the eastern provinces. Livelihoods sectors that are dealt with cover minin
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Better than Cure: Preventing the recruitment and use of children in the Chadean National Army
The use of child soldiers by the Chadian armed forces may have ended but children continue to risk being recruited and used for military purposes. The report "Better Than Cure: Preventing the recruitment and use of children in the Chadian national army",
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Module on Human Rights and Children's Rights for Bangsamoro Youth
A report by Southeast Asia Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (SEASUCS), based on a series of human rights education workshops involving Muslim youth from Southern Philippines. The workshops were aimed at promoting understanding of international
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Nadie en quien confiar: Los niños y el conflicto armado en Colombia
Colombia’s civilians have been pulled into a decades-long civil war among the government’s forces, paramilitary groups and their successors, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and the People’s Liberation Army (ELN). During the conflict, gi
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Community-Based Reintegration of War-Affected Young Mothers: Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Liberia, Sierra Leone & Northern Uganda
During the past decade, the international community has come to recognize that girls participate in armed groups and forces in substantial numbers. The majority of girls associated with armed forces or armed groups (CAAFAG) do not go through formal or inf
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Child soldiers- and other children associated with armed forces and groups. Policy brief
International law outlaws the recruitment and use of children under 18 in armed conflict, yet an estimated 250,000 children are associated with armed forces and groups, some as young as seven. The recruitment and use of children by armed groups is an acut
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In the wake of the war
This edition of "Barn", the membership magazine of Save the Children, presents an article by Nadja Debove, on the reintegration process of girls and boys, child soldiers and other separated children, back into their families and home communities in the wa