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CRIN's Desk on Children in Armed Conflict and Displacement

This CRIN page offers fulls text of policy statements, briefings and reports on children in armed conflict and displacement, as well as information on relevant publications and links to other sites.

Read updates on the situation of children in current armed conflicts:

Afghanistan, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Iraq, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda (northern)

Two million children have been killed in armed conflict in the last decade. Three times as many have been seriously injured or permanently disabled. Millions of others have been forced to take part in or witness horrifying acts of violence. Increasingly, children are targets, not incidental casualties, a devastating carnage that reflects a wider trend in recent decades – a rise in the proportion of war victims who are civilians from 5 per cent to over 90 per cent.

In countless cases, the impact of armed conflict on children’s lives remains invisible. The children themselves may be removed from the public, in institutions, on the streets or surviving as victims of prostitution. Those who have lost parents often experience humiliation, rejection and discrimination, suffering in silence as their self-esteem crumbles. Their insecurity and fear cannot be measured.

To address the issue, CRIN Children in Armed Conflict email list was launched following the International Conference on War-Affected Children in Winnipeg, Canada (September 2000) [archives are available]. Additionally, you will find the latest reports of the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict [read more].

 

CRIN empowers the global child rights community through the exchange of information and the promotion of children's rights. CRIN has 1,998 member organisations. There are 15,755 information resources on the site.

Contact Details:

Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
c/o Save the Children
1 St John's Lane
London EC1M 4AR
United Kingdom

For visitors, the nearest underground station is Farringdon

Telephone:
+44 20 70126866

Fax:
+44 20 7012 6952

Email:
info [at] crin.org
 

Tags: ["Children and armed conflict", "violence", "children's rights", "well-being", "child protection", "children and the law", "displacement", "living and working on the streets", "social exclusion and marginalisation"]
Published July 28, 2008 3:02 PM - Last modified Apr. 17, 2013 5:03 PM