ACT TO PROTECT children affected by conflict.Virtual Summer School on Child Protection in Armed Conflict.Ratification status of the Optional Protocol.OPAC – Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.
Sign up to our Children in Armed Conflict CRINmail. Read more on children and armed conflict in: It is the State's obligation to co- operate with competent organisations which provide such protection and assistance. Refugee children ( article 22): Special protection shall be granted to a refugee child or to a child seeking refugee status.States shall also ensure the protection and care of children who are affected by armed conflict as described in relevant international law. No child below 15 shall be recruited into the armed forces. Armed conflicts ( article 38): States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that children under 15 years of age have no direct part in hostilities.Relevant articles of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) dealing with armed conflict are: There is a specific UN treaty on the rights of children in armed conflicts, called the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. War crimes tribunals, as well as the International Criminal Court (ICC), play a key role in giving survivors of rights abuses in armed conflicts access to justice. Read more about the Security Council’s work on children in armed conflict. The UN Security Council annually publishes a "naming and shaming" list of the worst State offenders when it comes to children’s rights in armed conflicts. More and more civilians, including children, are being subjected to the violence of war and are being killed and severely injured, not to mention suffering the long term mental health scars that conflicts cause.Īrmed conflicts can take over societies, cutting off access to healthcare and other vital infrastructure, preventing children from going to school and splitting up families.Ĭhildren around the world are still recruited into armed forces, and rape and sexual assault against children continue to be used as a ‘weapon’ of war. War has a horrific impact on individuals and communities all around the world. What are children’s rights in armed conflict? Why are they important?
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