Ongwen’s case ends the blanket amnesty that African courts have always granted ex-child abductees over war crimes
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Global estimates of modern-day slavery by the United Nations reveal improving methods for calculating the data.
In many conflict areas, children are especially susceptible to the effects of war. And using them as soldiers prolongs the conflict.
Former fighters described Ongwen as a model fighter and an effective commander – but testimony in his trial detailed the former child soldier’s alleged personal role in the rape of underage women.
Their mothers were forcibly married or raped during Uganda’s vicious civil war. Now these children are ‘non people’.
The skills that former child soldiers gain in wartime can be useful as they reintegrate into society.
In the UK, it’s possible to join the army as a soldier at the age of 16, with parental permission. Is it right?
With more cases of women such as Shamima Begum expected, the UK is under legal obligations to protect the rights of any children involved.
The volatile conditions in the Central African Republic make the administration of justice difficult.
Given the range of support for President Omar al-Bashir it isn’t surprising that he’s managed to resist pressure to step down.
For the thousands of children who have left armed groups, education is crucial to their reintegration.
Islamic State systematically militarised the education systems of captured Iraqi and Syrian territory to turn the region’s children into ideological timebombs.
Schools and students are often targeted during times of armed conflict. Abducted children can be recruited as soldiers and schools are ideal locations for military headquarters.
Whether as soldiers, suicide bombers or human shields, children are an increasingly common sight on the battlefield.
Child victims are used to justify the cause, while young soldiers further it.
Even ‘madmen’ have their motives for fighting.
A young boy is strapped with explosives and sent to detonate himself and those around him at a school. An expert on terrorism explains how and why children become embroiled in militant conflicts.
Abduction, sexual violence, early marriage: a few of the choices facing adolescent girls who ought instead to be in school.
On the morning of September 24 2014, 15-year-old Yusra Hussien left for school near her home in Easton, Bristol. She then disappeared. News reports surfaced a few days later that Yusra and a 17-year-old…
The government of the Central African Republic claims to be in talks with one of the world’s most enigmatic African guerrilla leaders, Joseph Kony. But Kony has entered talks before with no intention of…
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