For Memorial Day: A UNICEF report on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children;
a newsletter from Swedish Save the Children on the use of children in armed conflict;
an under-construction site from the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, whose aims are
the adoption of, and adherence to,
an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
(CRC) prohibiting the military recruitment and use in hostilities
of any person younger than 18 years of age, and the recognition
and enforcement of this standard by all armed forces and
groups, both governmental and non-governmental;
and a Human Rights Watch mobilization to stop the use of child soldiers.
