Overviews and Factsheets

An Agenda to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Amnesty USA Campaign on Child Soldiers

Child Soldiers - A Global Problem
From Global Report on Child Soldiers 2001. As this report shows, the use of children as soldiers is a global issue requiring a global response. While the problem has been most critical in Africa and Asia, children are used as soldiers by governments and armed groups in many countries in the Americas, Europe and Middle East.  R
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Child Soldiers - An Overview
From Global Report on Child Soldiers - At any one time, more than 300,000 children under 18 girls and boys - are fighting as soldiers with government armed forces and armed opposition groups in more than 30 countries worldwide.  R
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Child Soldiers Overview
Human Rights Watch

Children of Conflict: Child Soldiers
Overview of child soldiers; audio clips of child soldiers' testimonies, and quotes from child soldiers
BBC World Service

Facts About Child Soldiers
Human Rights Watch

Key Points of the Global Report on Child Soldiers
The Global Report on Child Soldiers analyses military recruitment by governments and armed groups in 180 countries.  R
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Promises Broken: The Use of Children as Soldiers
Section from report on chldren's rights, entitled 'Promises Broken'.
Human Rights Watch

Testimonies from Child Soldiers
from Global Report on Child Solders 2001  R
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

The Child Soldiers Protocol - Overview
Human Rights Watch

The Invisible Soldiers: Child Combatants
The Defense Monitor, Center for Defense Information, July 1997

The Use of Children as Soldiers
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The Use of Children as Soldiers: A Growing Phenomenon
A number of factors have led to a steady increase in the use of children as soldiers.  R
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

The Use of Children as Soldiers: Questions and Answers
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The Voices of Child Soldiers
Human Rights Watch

Child Soldiers: Beyond the Optional Protocol
Highlights some of the key challenges for implementation of the Optional Protocol, by both states, non-state actors and NGOs - apart from demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration.
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

International Law and Declarations Related to Child Soldiers
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

International Legal Standards Governing Child Soldiers
Human Rights Watch

Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict - Full Text
Human Rights Watch

Statements and Resolutions on Child Soldiers
Human Rights Watch

The Use of Children as Soldiers: A Child Labor Issue
Although some governments are still reluctant to acknowledge the fact, the use of children as soldiers should on many counts be considered as unlawful child labour because of the hazardous nature of the work involved.  R
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Child Soldiers Newsletter
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Global Report on Child Soldiers 2001
The leading global assessment on child soldiers
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers