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INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND STANDARDS (IHLS)
Child Specific


Treaties and Instruments


 [pdfThe Paris Principles: Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated With Armed Forces or Armed Groups (February 2007)

 [pdfThe Paris Commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups (February 5-6, 2007)

 Provisions of International Humanitarian Law (specifically the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols 1 and 2) relevant to children

 Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 2037 (XX) of 7 December 1965
[1], [2, pdf]

 Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 3318(XXIX) of 14 December 1974
[1], [2], [3, pdf]

 Protection of children in armed conflicts 25th International Conference of the Red Cross, Geneva, 23 to 31 October 1986, Resolution 9 (31-12-1986 International Review of the Red Cross no 256, p.340-388)
[1], [2, pdf]

 Assistance to Children in Emergency Situations 25th International Conference of the Red Cross, Geneva, 23 to 31 October 1986, Resolution 20 (31-12-1986 International Review of the Red Cross no 256, p.340-388)
[1], [2, pdf]

  [pdf] Resolution Of The Plight Of African Children In Situation Of Armed Conflicts (CM/RES.1659 (LXIV) REV. 1) Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Council Of Ministers Resolution 1959, Sixty-Fourth Ordinary Session, 1-5 July 1996, (LXIV), Yaoundé, Cameroon

  [pdf] Resolution on Peace for Children: Reducing the Effects of Armed Conflicts on Children and Women in Africa (CM/Res.1292 (LII)) Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Council Of Ministers Resolution 1959, Fifty-second Ordinary Session, 3-8 July 1990, (LII), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children Agreed to at the World Summit for Children on 30 September 1990 (UNICEF) (New York, 30 September 1990)



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