See also:
Child Soldiers Resources
vachss.com
Listings of and links to articles and organizations about the use of children and young people as soldiers armed conflicts worldwide.
Using Children in Armed Conflict: A Legitimate African Tradition?
iss.co.za
A monograph by T.W. Bennett on the history and efforts to criminalise recruitment of child soldiers, from the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa.
University of Essex: Children and Armed Conflict Unit
www2.essex.ac.uk
Provides up-to-date information, reports and documents on the impact of armed conflicts on children including child soldiers.
Children in Conflict: Child Soldiers
child-soldier.org
Gives details of projects around the world by SOS Children for child soldiers including current conflicts and a look back with ex-soldiers at past conflicts.
Reluctant Recruits: Children and Adults Forcibly Recruited for Military Service in N. Kivu (Congo)
hrw.org
Human Rights Watch report (29 May 2001)points to the continued recruitment of children by the major Congolese rebel group.
UNICEF: Impact of Armed Conflict on Children
unicef.org
Full text of and other information surrounding the official report produced by Graca Machel, Expert of the Secretary-General of the UN.
Children in Armed Conflict Unit: Child Soldiers
www2.essex.ac.uk
Offers a list of international laws and standards, articles, conferences and other information on the global use of child soldiers.
Impact of Armed Conflict on Children: Child Soldiers
un.org
Extract from the report of Graca Machel, expert of the Secretary-General of the UN.
The Centre for Defense Information's Children and Armed Conflict Project
cdi.org
Provides information (written and visual) on the global use of child soldiers.
Child rights information network: Armed Conflict
crin.org
An information base for current news and documents on children in armed conflict including child soldiers.
BBC News - Child Soldiers: Children of Conflict
bbc.co.uk
Most of the victims are obviously boys. Listen to child soldiers, wounded, lost and working children tell their stories in sound files.
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict: Child Soldiers
un.org
Website of the office of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary -General for Children in Armed Conflict focusing on child soldiers.
Children and War
icrc.org
International Committee of the Red Cross information on the fate of children caught up in the turmoil of conflict.Includes information on children, war and humanitarian law.
Child Soldier Use 2003
hrw.org
Documents the deployment of children as combatants, to commit abuses against civilians, as sex slaves, forced labourers, messengers, informants and servants in continuing and newly erupting conflicts.
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
child-soldiers.org
Nonprofit activist group working to stop the recruitment of children in war.
International Labour Organization:The Reintegration of War-Affected Youth - The Experience of Mozambique
ilo.org
Publication on skills development and training for war-affected youth after civil war in Mozambique.
Child Soldiers
amnestyusa.org
AIUSA's campaign for the rights of children under 18 who are serving in the military or who are abducted to help armed opposition groups.
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