Child Soldiers
Children in the military are children (defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child as people under the age of 18) who are associated with military organisations, such as state armed forces and non-state armed groups. Throughout history and in many cultures, children have been involved in military campaigns. For example, thousands of children participated on all sides of the First World War and the Second World War. Children may be trained and used for combat, assigned to support roles such as porters or messengers, or used for tactical advantage as human shields or for political advantage in …
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RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 5 December 2023 English
After rigorous evaluation and review of their accomplishments, leading individuals may be elected to one of the Society’s three Academies—the Academy of Arts and Humanities, the Academy of Social Sciences, …
arts-based research methods, her investigation of child soldiers, and the gendered realities of war, her work …
RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 1 November 2023 English
After rigorous evaluation and review of their accomplishments, leading individuals may be elected to one of the Society’s three Academies—the Academy of Arts and Humanities, the Academy of Social Sciences, …
arts-based research methods, her investigation of child soldiers, and the gendered realities of war, her work …
CLD: Centre for Law and Democracy · 4 September 2023 English
In relation to the requirement that the perpetrator have knowledge of the widespread or systemic attack against the civilian population, this does not mean that the perpetrator has to have …
collaboration with other NGOs, videotaped the use of child soldiers during a civil war in the DRC. This resulted … international crimes relating to the use of child soldiers in eastern DRC. In 2012, militia leader Thomas … crimes of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers. As is apparent from this example, evidence …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2023 English
Many believed the twentieth century would be the century of the child: an era in which modern societies would value and protect children, sheltering them from violence and poverty. Yet …
was encoded in cultural norms, many Soviet child-soldiers acted as respon- sible and rational agents …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 4 May 2023 English
This report explores the role that voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) can play in helping governments advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and better track and report on their progress toward …
child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers; by 2025, end child labour in all its forms …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 4 May 2023 English
This report explores the role that voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) can play in helping governments advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and better track and report on their progress toward …
child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers; by 2025, end child labour in all its forms …
CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 17 March 2023 English
Created in the wake of the crucible of violence of the First and Sec- ond World Wars, as well as the diplomatic failures of the Interwar years, the founding of …
Canadian Military: From General Purpose Combat to Child Soldiers, Howard G. Coombs and Lindsay M. Coombs 141 … concerns (such as women peace and security, child soldiers, human rights) have mushroomed since the end … combat preparedness. They focus on the issue of child soldiers to reveal those important changes and to reflect … tives towards preparing for encounters with child soldiers. Canada and Peace Operations Peacekeeping has … aftermath.” From General Purpose Combat to Child Soldiers 143 nadian academics, Jocelyn Coulon and Michel …
EPL: Edmonton Public Library · 16 February 2023 English
Jean Walrond’s letter to Educators, Ariel Kleber’s letter to Readers and the Youth Services Meet the Team section of the guide will give further insight into the evolution of the …
bystander effect, tragedies seen in the media, child soldiers The Hate U Give BY ANGIE THOMAS A classic of …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 24 January 2023 English
While planning a tour on rugged Vancouver Island, Amanda Doucette befriends a fiercely private old artist whose traumatic, tangled past catches up with him when the body of a surfer …
destruc- tion over and over. Victims of war, child soldiers, even civilians like me, who can’t forget …
ICPC: International Centre for the Prevention of Crime · 25 November 2022 French
De plus, une enveloppe provinciale de 52 millions de dollars a été attribuée à plusieurs programmes ou projets, dont le Programme de prévention de la délinquance par le sport, les …
2018 en collaboration avec la Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative, est un outil pédagogique de soutien … des connaissances (CPRMV et Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative, 2018). En plus de fournir une ligne …
