Underage and Under Fire. An Enquiry into the Use of Child Soldiers 1994–8
- Document number
- 1510
- Date
- 2001
- Title
- Underage and Under Fire. An Enquiry into the Use of Child Soldiers 1994–8
- Author/publisher
- Astri Halsan Høiskar, International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Violence, Human rights violation, Crime against humanity, War crime, Armed conflict, Post-conflict situation, Terrorism,
- Summary
- Paper "attempts to identify under what circumstances some nations' armed forces or groups employ children in armed conflicts." It suggests that child employment reduces rather than enhances the recruitment of children.
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