Part III Important Themes in Armed Conflicts in 2013, 5 Child soldiers in 2013: trends, challenges, and opportunities

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Falchetta Tomaso
Keyword(s):  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Maintaining a Safety Net and Peace for Former Child Soldiers in Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 56-81
Author(s):  
Florence Nyemba ◽  
Rufaro Chitiyo
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
Former Child Soldiers ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

This chapter focuses on the challenges and opportunities associated with the implementation of peace education programs in Africa. Peace education programs are used widely to create peaceful environments for at-risk children. Their intended goals are to end violence through modeling human consciousness to resolve conflicts peacefully and to provide children with a stable socioeconomic future. Using a systematic review of literature, the authors examine how humanitarian agencies with support from the World Bank utilize peace education programs to create safety nets for former child soldiers in Africa. The challenges and opportunities of such programs are examined. The authors then propose for the adoption of a community-based participatory practice to facilitate the sustainability of peace education programs. The chapter will benefit at-risk children in war-torn African regions and all stakeholders involved in the creation of safe environments for children.

scholarly journals Vécu Des Enfants Soldats Pendant La Guerre: Une Analyse À Partir Des Projets De l’Organisation Non Gouvernemental Caritas Makeni En Sierra Léone

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 256
Author(s):  
Gnamien Yawa Ossi
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Child Soldier ◽  
Armed Groups ◽  
Social Reintegration ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

The phenomenon of «child soldier» has become very rampant these last years. In Africa, they are very common in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in Chad, in Uganda, in Sierra Leone, and in Côte d’Ivoire. More recently, they are in Mali and in the Central African Republic. However, armed conflicts have imposed various situations on populations. The children are the main victims. The focus of this study is on child soldiers during times of war. The main objective of this study is to analyze the ways they join the armed groups and the difficulties of their social reintegration. The objective of this study is to analyze the recruitment conditions of children and the difficulties of social reintegration. The hypothesis postulates that there is a link between the passage of the children in armed groups and their psychosocial outcome. The study took place in Sierra Leone. The quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The results of the study show that: the mode of recruitment of children has an influence on their social reintegration. Also, the violent practices in armed conflicts are obstacles to their social reintegration.

Under the Gun: Moving Children for War

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Bhabha
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
International Criminal Law ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
War Criminals ◽  
Former Child Soldiers

This chapter examines the transport and exploitation of child labor in situations of armed conflict. It first considers some of the main reasons why children are recruited and used in armed conflicts before discussing the process of bringing children within the scope of international criminal law as part of efforts to prosecute political leaders and senior military figures responsible for war crimes. In particular, it looks at the Special Court for Sierra Leone and describes its conviction of war criminals for the recruitment of child soldiers as an important human rights milestone. It then explores the human rights entitlements of former child soldiers and how transitional justice is implemented through the DDR (disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration) process, along with its shortcomings. The chapter concludes with an overview of enforcement of long-term social and economic rights of former child soldiers after the conflict.

Child Soldiers: The Role of Children in Armed Conflicts

1995 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Eliot A. Cohen ◽  
Guy Goodwingill ◽  
Ilene Cohn
Keyword(s):  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Armed Conflicts

scholarly journals Could rebel child soldiers prolong civil wars?

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roos Haer ◽  
Tobias Böhmelt
Keyword(s):  
Civil Wars ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Rebel Groups ◽  
Conflict Duration ◽  
The Government ◽  
Recruitment Practice ◽  
Internal Armed Conflicts ◽  
Child Soldiering

While we know why rebels may recruit children for their cause, our understanding of the consequences of child soldiering by non-state armed groups remains limited. The following research contributes to addressing this by examining how rebels’ child recruitment practice affects the duration of internal armed conflicts. We advance the argument that child soldiering increases the strength of rebel organizations vis-a-vis the government. This, in turn, lowers the capability asymmetry between these non-state actors and the incumbent, allowing the former to sustain dispute. Ultimately, the duration of armed conflicts is likely to be prolonged. We analyse this relationship with quantitative data on child soldier recruitment by rebel groups in the post-1989 period. The results confirm our main hypothesis: disputes are substantially longer when rebels recruit children. This work has important implications for the study of armed conflicts, conflict duration and our understanding of child soldiering.

scholarly journals Humanitarian Law Perspective on the Protection of the Rights of Children in Armed Conflicts

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Yared Hetharie ◽  
Yosia Hetharie
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Rights Of The Child

Children are often victims of armed disputes, not only in the case they are trapped in situations of armed conflict but also children are often included directly as child soldiers, therefore children must be given protection to obtain their rights as a child in an armed dispute. Child protection is closely related to Human Rights that have been generally recognized by the international community. International legal instruments and national law have regulated the protection of children's rights. Countries that are involved in armed disputes and do not implement the provisions of humanitarian law in particular the protection of the rights of the child and are considered a war crime. This research is a legal research, which is a process to find the rule of law, legal principles, and legal doctrines in order to answer the legal issues faced with the approach used is the legal approach, which is carried out by examining all laws and regulations relating to the legal issues being addressed. Countries that have not ratified the provisions of Humanitarian law, should be able to ratify the provisions of Humanitarian law regarding the protection of children from being directly involved in armed disputes, and implement them into armed disputes, and implement them into their respective national legislation each country.

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