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Child Soldiers
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.

Impact of Armed Conflict on Children: Child Soldiers
Extract from the report of Graca Machel, expert of the Secretary-General of the UN.

Children and War
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.

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Nonprofit activist group working to stop the recruitment of children in war.

Human Rights Watch: Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Information and accounts of the use of child soldiers.

Child rights information network: Armed Conflict
An information base for current news and documents on children in armed conflict including child soldiers.

UNICEF: Impact of Armed Conflict on Children
Full text of and other information surrounding the official report produced by Graca Machel, Expert of the Secretary-General of the UN.

University of Essex: Children and Armed Conflict Unit
Provides up-to-date information, reports and documents on the impact of armed conflicts on children including child soldiers.

Reluctant Recruits: Children and Adults Forcibly Recruited for Military Service in N. Kivu (Congo)
Human Rights Watch report (29 May 2001)points to the continued recruitment of children by the major Congolese rebel group.

Child Soldiers Resources
Listings of and links to articles and organizations about the use of children and young people as soldiers armed conflicts worldwide.


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