Children in Armed Conflict
Research resources
- Graça Machel Report The report was requested in late 1993 by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the General Assembly. 10 years on the report has been reviewed providing a forward-thinking platform for the next 10 years.
- Forced Migration Online Research Guide on Children and Adolescents in Conflict Situations
- Eldis - Resource Guide to Children, Youth and Conflict- includes child refugees, child soldiers, post-conflict reconstruction
- List of research papers, reports and articles on Chidren and Armed Conflict from the British Library for Development Studies
- List of research papers, reports and articles on Child Soldiers from the British Library for Development Studies
Research Institutions and Networks
- The Children and Armed Conflict Unit, University of Essex
- European Research Network on Children in Armed Conflict
- DCAF's Gender, Children and Security Programme, Geneva. Webpage includes publications on the theme Children and Security.
- CINDE, The International Center for Education and Human Development Colombia
- Child and Youth Research and Training Programme, University of Western Cape South Africa
- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Codesria) Senegal
- Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University USA
IGO and NGO resources
- Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict
- Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
- CRIN's Desk on Children in Armed Conflict and Displacement
- Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) News on Children
- Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
- War Child International is a network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war.
- General Assembly: annual report on children and armed conflict - statement by SRSG Radhika Coomaraswamy (Oct 15 2008)
- International Committee of the Red Cross - Children's page
International Standards
- The Paris Principles: Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated With Armed Forces or Armed Groups. (2007)
- The Paris Commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups (2007)
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (2000)
- Resolution Of The Plight Of African Children In Situation Of Armed Conflicts (1996)
- Resolution on Peace for Children: Reducing the Effects of Armed Conflicts on Children and Women in Africa (1990)
- Assistance to Children in Emergency Situations 25th International Conference of the Red Cross, Geneva, (1986)
- Provisions of International Humanitarian Law (specifically the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols 1 and 2) relevant to children
- Children and Armed Conflict: A guide to International Humanitarian and Human rights Law by Rachel Harvey, Children and Armed Conflict Unit
