Human Rights Watch, (February 2004), <i>Liberia, : How to fight, How to kill, Child Soldiers in Liberia</i>, Vol. 16 No 2 (A) | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children

PHOTO: Brazil: In December 2001, a girl, Elaine da Paixao Santos, stands in front of a wall on which she has drawn a heart and the inscription "I love you, mom" in Portuguese, on the grounds of the Mother City Foundation in La Paz, a poor neighbourhood in Salvador, capital of the eastern state of Bahia in Brazil. Elaine lives with her grandmother to avoid the fighting in her parents’ home. (UNICEF/HQ01-0442/Claudio Versiani)

Human Rights Watch, (February 2004), Liberia, : How to fight, How to kill, Child Soldiers in Liberia, Vol. 16 No 2 (A)

Ce rapport de 45 pages a été produit principalement sur base d’interview des enfants enrôlés de force dans les groupes armés en présence entre 1989 et 2003 au Liberia. Il décrit le mode de recrutement, les abus commis à la fois sur et par les enfants soldats. Au passage, le document reprend les recommandations et les textes légaux nationaux et internationaux en matière d’enfants combattants.

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Country: Liberia
Document Type: Report
Geographical region: Afrique de l’Ouest
Language: English
Topics: military duties, recruitment of children, LURD forces, civilian population, government forces, refugee camp, enslavement of children

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