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Recruitment of child soldiers is on the rise, despite global commitments

·January 2, 2025·1 min read

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was hailed as a historic agreement when it was adopted by world leaders in 1989, and it has inspired governments to pass laws protecting children from violence and exploitation. Around a decade later, a protocol prohibiting the recruitment and use as...

Haiti: Child recruitment by armed groups surges 70 per cent

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·November 25, 2024·1 min read

According to the latest estimates, children now comprise up to half of all armed group members, with recruitment driven by widespread poverty, lack of education and collapse of essential services. “Children in Haiti are trapped in a vicious cycle – recruited into the very armed groups that are fuelling their...

Sudan: UN expert warns of child recruitment by armed forces

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·October 17, 2023·1 min read

Siobhán Mullally, UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, said unaccompanied children and children from poor families have reportedly been targeted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in the outskirts of the capital Khartoum and elsewhere. They’ve forcibly recruited women and children especially, she warned. Girls have also reportedly...

Rghts experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners

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·March 10, 2023·2 min read

In a statement, the dozen experts said representatives from the Russian-owned mercenary outfit had been “offering pardons for criminal sentences to prisoners who join the group and take part in the war in Ukraine, as well as a monthly payment to their relatives”. The experts – members of the Working Group...