1. Summary of concerns The opposition group, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) systematically recruited and used child soldiers throughout the 25-year armed conflict with Sri Lankan government...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Coalition calls for end to Mai Mai child soldier recruitment and use
(Kinshasa, 26 February 2010) Mai Mai militias have been among the most prolific recruiters of children in eastern Congo in recent years, yet virtually nothing has been done to lessen the...
Briefing - Le recrutement et l'utilisation d'enfants soldats par les Maï Maï : une pratique profondément ancrée et persistante
Introduction Dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), où le recrutement et l'utilisation d'enfants soldats sont une caractéristique profondément ancrée du conflit armé persistant, les...
République démocratique du Congo (RDC): La Coalition appelle à mettre fin au recrutement et à l'utilisation d'enfants soldats par les Maï Maï
(Kinshasa, 26 février 2010) Les milices Maï Maï figurent parmi ceux qui, au cours de ces dernières années, recrutent le plus grand nombre d'enfants dans l'Est du Congo. Pourtant, pratiquement rien...
DR Congo: Mai Mai child soldiers recruitment and use: entrenched and unending
Introduction In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where child soldier recruitment and use is an entrenched feature of ongoing armed conflict, Mai Mai are among the most prolific...
Children affected by Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka: Recommendations to the Security Council Working Group
The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers ('the Coalition') and the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict ('Watchlist') welcome the report of the Special Envoy of the Special Representative...
Burundi + 19 more
Release and reintegration of child soldiers: One part of a bigger puzzle
Paper presented by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers at the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Rehabilitation and Reintegration of War-Affected Children 22-23 October 2009 -...
Call for real progress in protecting children affected by armed conflict in Myanmar
Joint Response to UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict's Conclusions on Myanmar November 9, 2009, New York, - As international and local non-governmental organizations...
DR Congo + 1 more
DR Congo: Civilian cost of military operation is unacceptable
Enhanced Protection Urgently Needed Due to Disastrous Toll on Civilian Populations (Goma, October 13, 2009) - The Congolese government's military operation in eastern Congo, Kimia II, backed by...
DR Congo + 1 more
RD Congo : Le prix payé par la population civile pour l'opération militaire est inacceptable
Il faut renforcer de toute urgence la protection des populations civiles durement touchées (Goma) - L'opération militaire Kimia II menée par le gouvernement congolais dans l'Est du Congo, appuyée par...
Briefing document to the UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict on the situation in Sri Lanka - Jul 2009
Sri Lanka: Issues concerning protection of children post armed conflict Background For more than 25 years the Government of Sri Lanka has been involved in an armed conflict against the separatist...
Sri Lanka: End of conflict brings no respite to children from human rights abuses
28 July 2009 (London) - Despite the end of hostilities, children in Sri Lanka continue to be at risk of forced recruitment, arbitrary detention and other human rights abuses, the Coalition to Stop...
Briefing note to the UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict on the situation of child soldiers in Myanmar
The ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) is one of the few remaining governments whose army (Tatmadaw) continues to systematically recruit and use children in armed conflict. To date,...
DDR Bibliography 2009
In this updated bibliography, as in the 2005 edition, we have concentrated on presenting, in one document, articles and reports that are freely available online. We hope that such a 'one-stop source'...
Sri Lanka: Child Soldiers Coalition calls for UN Special Envoy to urgently investigate abductions and other abuses of children
London, 20 May 2009 - Children (under-18s) are being abducted from refugee camps and from Vavuniya town in northern Sri Lanka by paramilitary groups who enjoy tacit support from the Sri Lankan...
Afghanistan + 16 more
Coalition letter to United Nations Security Council members in advance of the debate on children and armed conflict
Dear Ambassador, As you prepare for the forthcoming Security Council debate on children and armed conflict, the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (the Coalition) would like to draw your...
Child Soldiers Global Report 2008
Child soldiers. Two simple words. But they describe a world of atrocities committed against children and sometimes by children. Committed in many different countries and often hidden from the public...
Uganda: Returning home - Children's perspectives on reintegration
A case study of children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Teso, eastern Uganda EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The research reported here was undertaken with the aim of allowing the voices of children and...
Time to implement! National and international legal instruments related to the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and groups in Uganda
(extract) INTRODUCTION Uganda is party to a number of international human rights treaties related to the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and groups. The government has made some...
Lebanon: The vulnerability of children to involvement in armed conflict
Introduction Political violence has sharply escalated recently in Lebanon. A prominent parliamentarian, Antoine Ghanem, and at least six others were killed on 19 September 2007 in a car bomb attack...