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In-Depth:
Child soldiers
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AFRICA: Links & References
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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
Graça 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.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
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
| | 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 |
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