[PDF] Top 20 Children and Armed Conflict

... of children affected by armed conflict and ...on Children and Armed Conflict would, however, establish a stronger legal basis for the national and global voice of US pediatricians, and both ... See full document

... alone, armed conflicts are estimated to have claimed the lives of over two million children and physically maimed six million ...more. Conflict deprives children of parents, care-givers, basic ... See full document

... 10 children worldwide are affected by armed ...of conflict include death, physical and psychological trauma, and ...infrastructure. Children and health workers are targeted by combatants ... See full document

... involving children and armed ...owes children every protection that can apply to the severity of their ...help children in these unique and precarious situations (although, perhaps not in that ... See full document

... of children due to armed conflict in which they encounter with various scary situations like, killing their own family members, their kith and kin are killed in front of them, girls are raped in ... See full document

... to armed conflict and targeted by governmental and nongovernmental ...combatants. Armed conflict directly and indirectly affects children ’ s physical, mental, and behavioral ... See full document

... FRELIMO an RENAMO used girl recruits as fighters but also as spies, intelligence officers, trainers, medics and labourers collecting water and wood and so forth. In Angola (1975-2002) they were used to entertain troops ... See full document

... on Armed Conflict and Children, and Special Adviser to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor on Children in and affected by Armed ... See full document

... Terrorist attacks on civilians have resulted in signifi cant numbers of children being killed or injured. Internal confl icts are usually associ- ated with even higher ratios of civilian to mili- tary casualties ... See full document

... Armed conflict has a devastating effect on the rights and well- being of individuals and ...in armed conflict zones are at an increased risk of forced displacement, deliberate and targeted ... See full document

... the Children and International Criminal Justice Conference at the University of Georgia School of Law, several experts discussed the implementation of various regulatory mechanisms that may be utilized by the ... See full document

... According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child [19], every child has the right to the best possible health and opportunity for developing to their full po- tential, especially those affected by armed ... See full document

... All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection (UDHR, ...in armed conflict violates the very rights that the global community has tried to protect for all ... See full document

... from armed conflict, the post-conflict society may not be free from violence (criminal violence for example) or autocracy, both of which may impact negatively upon ...against children in times ... See full document

... an armed conflict exists, particularly in the case of “global” armed ...“global” armed conflicts. The first concerns the matter of links between armed groups—can violence conducted by ... See full document

... The integration of women into the peacekeeping mission is an issue that has become increasingly relevant as countries struggle with prevention of sexual and gender-based violence. MONUSCO’s progress in implementing the ... See full document

... targeting armed groups in which “the States concerned [n]either verbally [n]or factually conduct themselves as if they were involved in an armed conflict, even though they may not have consented to ... See full document

... transnational armed conflicts give rise to additional and unique challenges, which derive cumulatively from their being both asymmetric and ...international armed conflicts, each state party is under ... See full document

... Certainly, it is true that, for almost a decade, US and coalition forces have been involved in ongoing and seemingly unending conflicts increasingly waged in densely populated urban areas. Both Iraq and Afghanistan have ... See full document

... the armed forces in times of armed ...the armed forces is wounded or sick are that the person is in need of medical care, no matter the gravity of the condition, and refrains from any act of ... See full document