UNICEF. (2003). <i>Guide to the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict</i>. New York, NY: Author. | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children

PHOTO: PHILIPPINES: A girl plays a guitar as she sits with other children outside the UNICEF-assisted Nayon Kabataan Rehabilitation Centre for street children and victims of child labour and physical abuse in Manila, the capital. The girl on the right has lost her hearing and is unable to speak and seems to also suffer from trauma or another mental disability. Because she is unable to describe her experience, it is unknown what has happened to her since she has been on her own. (UNICEF/ HQ97-0963/Jeremy Horner)

UNICEF. (2003). Guide to the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict. New York, NY: Author.

This guide on the Optional Protocol provides background information about the protocol, its goals, key provisions, legislative requirements, and what will be needed for its effective implementation. It is especially useful for governments, child protection agencies, NGOs, and is geared to helping child rights advocates in their efforts to implement the protocol.

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