Children & Armed Conflict
This working group is no longer active. For more information, feel free to contact Guillaume Landry at g.landry@ibcr.org or (514) 932-7656 ext. 222 to learn more about the former group or children & armed conflict. See below for information about what the group used to do.
Forum on Children and Armed Conflict
The goal of the Forum on Children and Armed Conflict Working Group is to improve protection for the security and rights of children threatened by armed conflict by enhancing the work of individual NGOs and professionals in the field.
Activities of the working group included:
- information-sharing
- policy analysis and dialogue with government departments
- links to UN and international coalitions working on these issues
- research and capacity-building activities
- raising awareness in Canada
Multimedia
Amnistie Internationale - Child Soldiers Campaign
Forum Newsletter
Reports
- Impact of Armed Violence on Children in Haiti
- Preventative Strategies for Children and Armed Conflict: Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1612 and Other Policies
- RESOLUTION 1612: Making It Work for Children and Youth Report from a Workshop Sponsored by the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee
- Children and Armed Conflict: Implementing the Paris Principles
- Children and Armed Conflict and the Pact on Security, Stability, and Development for the Great Lakes Region
- Response to Human Security: A literature review
- From Outrage to Action
