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Colombia: hostel helps reduce school drop-out rate in conflict area
Child soldiers and other children associated with armed forces and armed groups
Colombia: involving minors in conflict
Protecting children when their parents are detained
31st International Conference 2011: Resolution 6 - Health inequities
Democratic Republic of the Congo: former child soldiers going home
Children and the ravages of warTreaty Law
Customary law
Reference documents
- Promotion and protection of the rights of children: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2012
- Promotion and protection of the rights of children: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2011
- Violence against girls in Africa during armed conflicts and crises
- ICRC statement on recruitment and use of children in hostilities
- Paris principles and Paris commitments to protect children
Analysis
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Preventing the Recruitment of Child Soldiers: The ICRC Approach
Ensuring respect for the rights of children is a top priority. The ICRC will continue to promote the principle of not recruiting children and support the development and application of IHL, in the hope that one day there will be no more child soldiers, and that humanity and justice will prevail.
04-12-2008 || Kristin Barstad
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The present paper provides a brief overview of the background to the development of the new Protocol, and examines the first four articles contained therein in the light of other provisions of international law and the position adopted by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
30-09-2000 | International Review of the Red Cross | Daniel Helle
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