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Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers - http://www.child-soldiers.org/
Nonprofit activist group working to stop the recruitment of children in war.
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UNICEF: Impact of Armed Conflict on Children - http://www.unicef.org/graca/
Full text of and other information surrounding the official report produced by Graca Machel, Expert of the Secretary-General of the UN.
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Child Soldiers - http://www.amnestyusa.org/Children/Child_Soldiers/page.do?id=1051047&n1=3&n2=78&n3=1270
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.
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The Centre for Defense Information's Children and Armed Conflict Project - http://www.cdi.org/program/index.cfm?ProgramID=21
Provides information (written and visual) on the global use of child soldiers.
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University of Essex: Children and Armed Conflict Unit - http://www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu/default.htm
Provides up-to-date information, reports and documents on the impact of armed conflicts on children including child soldiers.
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Children in Armed Conflict Unit: Child Soldiers - http://www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu/Issues/Future/menu/childsoldiers.htm
Offers a list of international laws and standards, articles, conferences and other information on the global use of child soldiers.
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Children and War - http://www.icrc.org/eng/children
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.
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Impact of Armed Conflict on Children: Child Soldiers - http://www.un.org/rights/concerns.htm#soldiers
Extract from the report of Graca Machel, expert of the Secretary-General of the UN.
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Children in Conflict: Child Soldiers - http://child-soldier.org
Gives details of projects around the world by SOS Children for child soldiers including current conflicts and a look back with ex-soldiers at past conflicts.
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Child Soldiers Resources - http://www.vachss.com/help_text/child_soldiers.html
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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BBC News - Child Soldiers: Children of Conflict - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights/childrenofconflict/soldier.shtml
Most of the victims are obviously boys. Listen to child soldiers, wounded, lost and working children tell their stories in sound files.
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Reluctant Recruits: Children and Adults Forcibly Recruited for Military Service in N. Kivu (Congo) - http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/drc3/
Human Rights Watch report (29 May 2001)points to the continued recruitment of children by the major Congolese rebel group.
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Child Soldier Use 2003 - http://hrw.org/reports/2004/childsoldiers0104/
Documents the deployment of children as combatants, to commit abuses against civilians, as sex slaves, forced labourers, messengers, informants and servants in continuing and newly erupting conflicts.
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Child rights information network: Armed Conflict - http://www.crin.org/themes/viewTheme.asp?ID=11&name=Armed+conflict
An information base for current news and documents on children in armed conflict including child soldiers.
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Using Children in Armed Conflict: A Legitimate African Tradition? - http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/Monographs/No32/Contents.html
A monograph by T.W. Bennett on the history and efforts to criminalise recruitment of child soldiers, from the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa.
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UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict: Child Soldiers - http://www.un.org/special-rep/children-armed-conflict/English/ChildSoldiers.html
Website of the office of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary -General for Children in Armed Conflict focusing on child soldiers.
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