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IRIN Web Special on child soldiers W E B L I N K S Documents and Links Documents Brett, Rachel, 2002: Girl Soldiers: Challenging the Assumptions. Paper prepared for the Quaker United Nations Office: www.geneva.quno.info Coalition Stop the Child Soldiers, 2001: Global Report on child Soldiers: www.child-soldiers.org Convention on the Rights of the Child: www.unicef.org Graa Machel (2000), The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children - A critical review of progress made and obstacles encountered in increasing protection for war-affected children: www.war-affected-children.org or www.unifem.org Human Rights Watch's Map of the Global Use of Child Soldiers: www.hrw.org ILO Convention 182: www.ilo.org List of countries where child soldiers are being used: www.hrw.org Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000: www.unhchr.ch Report of the Secretary General on children and armed conflict: www.reliefweb.int Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2002: www.reliefweb.int or www.un.int Report to the United Nations General Assembly by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict: www.un.org The African Charter on Rights and Welfare of the Child: www.africa-union.org UNICEF publications on matters pertaining to children and war: www.unicef.org UN Security Council Resolution 1261, 1999: www.child-soldiers.org UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999: www.un.int UN Security Council Resolution 1314, 2000: www.un.org UN Security Council Resolution 1325, 2000: www.un.org UN Security Council Resolution 1379, 2001, on Children and armed conflict: http://usembassy.state.gov/ Other relevant sites BBC's info site on "Children of Conflict": www.bbc.co.uk Canadian site on war-affected children (in French and English): www.waraffectedchildren.gc.ca Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers: www.child-soldiers.org Crimes of War: www.crimesofwar.org Giving voice to children of war: A Sierra Leonean site where former child solders express their experiences through writings, drawings and music: www.childsoldiers.org Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA): www.iansa.org Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for children in armed conflict: www.un.org Save the Children Foundation: www.savethechildren.org The International Federation of Terre des homes (IFTDH): www.terredeshommes.org Top of the Page

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Introduction Too small to be fighting in anyone's war Full report 165KB

Reports AFGHANISTAN: Eight thousand children under arms look for a future ANGOLA: Ex-girl soldiers hidden behind a veil of fear and denial BURUNDI: Grappling with the effects of war on young lives COTE D'IVOIRE: Age - 10 to 15, occupation - soldier DRC: Child soldiers in eastern DRC LIBERIA: Preparing for the transition from war to normal life SIERRA LEONE: Liberian child soldiers still make trouble without guns

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Latest reports on child soldiers DRC: 12,500 Girls members of armed groups , NGO report says AFGHANISTAN: Child soldier demobilisation effort moves westward SUDAN: Southern forces still training children BURUNDI: New call for free child education Feedback IRIN welcomes constructive comments and feedback on this Web Special. Send your messages to feedback. Please restrict the length of your reply to one page.

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