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Too Young to Fight: A review of the laws that protect child soldiers and children in armed conflict
A CSR Special Report Kate Davey Director of Research Projects Sarah Pierce Legal Intern and Director of Outreach, Development and Communication Children have been used as tools of war throughout histo… more →
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Too Young to Fight: A review of the laws that protect child soldiers and children in armed conflict
childsoldierrelief wrote 2 months ago: A CSR Special Report Kate Davey Director of Research Projects Sarah Pierce Legal Intern and Director … more →
New signatories to the Paris Commitments
childsoldierrelief wrote 2 months ago: Albania, Guinea, the Central African Republic, Eritrea, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Panama and Senegal j … more →
The Child Act of Southern Sudan
childsoldierrelief wrote 8 months ago: This entry is by Kate Davey, our legal analyst at Child Soldier Relief. On April 9, Southern Sudan P … more →
Conviction of RUF commanders means increased DDR for girl soldiers
childsoldierrelief wrote 9 months ago: The recent conviction of Revolutionary United Front (RUF) leaders Issa Hassan Sesay and Morris Kallo … more →
Sesay and Kallon: Found guilty in Sierra Leone for using child soldiers
childsoldierrelief wrote 10 months ago: Issa Hassan Sesay and Morris Kallon, two accused war criminals from the Revolutionary United Front ( … more →
Lubanga's trial starts, former child soldier testifies
childsoldierrelief wrote 11 months ago: After opening statements by both the defense and the prosecution, the first witness took the stand t … more →
New DDR bill proposed in Manila, Philippines
childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: A bill called “Child Soldiers’ Act of 2008″ proposed in the House of Representativ … more →
Announcing the Child Soldier Prevention Act
childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: …which was signed last week by the United States Congress, restricting funding on forces that … more →
Landmark ruling against child slavery in Niger...
childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: A positive development in the legal battle for helping child soldiers… In Niger, a court ruled … more →
Chuckie Taylor (President Taylor's son) convicted of war crimes
childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: …by a U.S. federal jury in Miami, Florida last week. Charles McArthur Emmanuel, aka Charles T … more →
The Child Soldier's Accountability Act
childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: The Child Soldier’s Accountability Act was signed Friday by President Bush, “gives the f … more →
Former child soldier under Charles Taylor testifies in Monrovia
childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: On Friday at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia Thematic Hearing for Children … more →
Omar Khadr's trial rescheduled for November 10
childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: …which means that his trial will be delayed until after elections in the US and Canada. From … more →
The U.S. takes a stand against recruiters of child soldiers
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childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: On Monday, the Child Soldiers Accountability Act was adopted by the Senate after being unanimously p … more →
Increasing public outcry against Hague prosecutor
childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: …human rights groups, NGOs, experts and academics have recently been calling for the removal o … more →
Official Definition of a Child Soldier - from Cape Town Principles
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childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: A child soldier is any person under 18 years of age who is part of any kind of regular or irregular … more →
ICC orders Lubanga to remain in custody - immediate release no longer a possibility
childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: On Monday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) released a statement that Thomas Lubanga’s p … more →
ICC Reconsidering Case against Thomas Lubanga, accused of conscripting child soldiers in Congo
childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: News just came out about this… Thomas Lubanga, who has been accused of conscripting and forcin … more →
Moses Blah discusses Small Boy Units (child soldiers) again at Charles Taylor Trial
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childsoldierrelief wrote 1 year ago: There have been so many happenings and new research relating to child soldiers to report on recently … more →
