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Factsheets: How to implement victim assistance obligations under the mine ban treaty or the convention on cluster munitions
Assistance to victims of mine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) is an obligation for States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) and the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). The Cartagena Action Plan and the Vientiane Action Plan include specific commitme
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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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No one to trust- Children and Armed Conflict in 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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Save the Children Sweden's Mine Awareness Activities [Arabic]
Save the Children Sweden produced this child-friendly leaflet explaining the dangers of landmines and how to identify them. It is primarily aimed at Yemen, but is a useful across the Middle East.
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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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Devastating Impact. Explosive weapons and children
This report examines the impact of explosive weapons on children and their communities. Thousands of children have been killed as a direct consequence of explosive weapons. Many more have died or will die because of the damage caused to health services an
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Informe Alterno del Protocolo Facultativo Relativo a la Participación de Niños en los Conflictos Armados- Colombia
This report provides supplementary information on Colombia’s initial report on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC). It covers the review period 2005 to 2008. It provides detailed information on the tendencies a
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ARC- Critical issue Module 5: Landmine awareness
ARC- Critical issue Module 5: Landmine awareness In war-torn countries around the world, millions of unexploded bombs, shells, grenades, missiles, cluster munitions and other types of unexploded ordnance, commonly known as explosive remnants of war, conti
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The Paris Principles: Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups
Hundreds of thousands of children are associated with armed forces and armed groups in conflicts around the world. Girls and boys are used in a variety of ways from support roles, such as cooking or portering, to active fighting, laying mines or spying an
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Towards a holistic approach to armed non-state actors? Volume III
Globally, humanitarian and human rights actors are increasingly approaching not only the armed forces of States, but also those of non-State actors (NSAs) to try to reduce the abuses committed during armed conflict. This study is the third volume of a pro
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Stolen Futures- The reintegration of children affected by armed conflict
Submission to the ten-year review of the 1996 Machel study on the impact of armed conflict on children. The report pulls together the key findings and conclusions from a variety of situations in which children have been associated with armed forces and gr
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ARC- Module contenant un sujet critique 5: Sensibilisation aux mines terrestres
ARC- Module contenant un sujet critique 5: Sensibilisation aux mines terrestres Dans les pays déchirés par des guerres à travers le monde, des millions de bombes non explosées, d'obus, de grenades, de missiles, de bombes à sous-munitions et d'autres types