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The Children and Armed Conflict Unit is a joint project of the Children's Legal Centre and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex.
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UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
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November, 2010
The six grave violations against children during times of conflict, enumerated by the Security Council in its resolutions, form the basis of the Council’s architecture in protecting children during war. Monitoring and Reporting mechanisms set up around the world use this framework to gather evidence of grave violations against children in reporting to the Council. This Working Paper attempts to analyse the six grave violations more deeply, exploring their basis in international law.
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United Nations
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New York - May 11, 2011
Every year the Secretary-General lists those parties to conflict who recruit and use, kill and maim or commit rape and other forms of sexual violence against children in conflict. The Annual Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict, issued today, gives an overview of the situation of children affected by conflict and action taken for their protection over the reporting period.
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Philippines ratifies the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
August 30, 2011
Philippines today acceded to the Rome Statute, the treaty that
established the International Criminal Court (ICC), when it deposed
its instrument of ratification at the United Nations in New York.
The Statute will enter into force for the Philippines on 1
November, bringing the total number of States that have joined the
Rome Statute system to 117.
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More than 80 per cent of Somali refugees in Ethiopia are children - UN
September 6, 2011
Children are bearing the brunt of the Horn of Africa crisis and constitute the majority of all Somali refugees in neighbouring Ethiopia, the United Nations reported today.The latest demographic data shows that people under the age of 18 account for 80 per cent of the 121,000 refugees in four camps in the Dollo Ado area of south-eastern Ethiopia, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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