Child Soldiers: Changing a Culture of Violence. Jo Becker.
by Becker, Jo; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 46Human Relations. Publisher: Human Rights Journal, 2005ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Child soldiers | Convention on the Rights of the Child | Human Rights Watch (Organization) | Recruiting and enlistment | War crimesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Children are fighting in nearly every major armed conflict in the world today. The ranks of child soldiers include boys as young as eight recruited into paramilitaries in Colombia, girls trained as suicide-bombers by the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, and children kidnapped from their homes by rebels in Northern Uganda." (HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL) This article outlines how "the persistent recruitment and use of child soldiers presents the international community with a formidable but not insurmountable challenge."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Child Soldiers: Changing a Culture of Violence, Winter 2005; pp. 16-18.
"Children are fighting in nearly every major armed conflict in the world today. The ranks of child soldiers include boys as young as eight recruited into paramilitaries in Colombia, girls trained as suicide-bombers by the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, and children kidnapped from their homes by rebels in Northern Uganda." (HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL) This article outlines how "the persistent recruitment and use of child soldiers presents the international community with a formidable but not insurmountable challenge."
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