SGTM 05C Child Protection

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SGTM 5 C Child Protection
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• Childrens rights
• Impacts of conflict
• Protection activities
• What can we do?

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• Who is a child?
• Girls and boys vulnerable
• War violates rights

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• Every peacekeeper must uphold international
  principles of childrens rights

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Convention on the Rights of the Child

• Article 3 Acting in best interests
• Article 12 Express own views freely

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• Basic needs denied
• Sexual abuse
• Land mines, violence
• Refugees, displacement

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• Violence? traumatized children
• Poor food and health care? malnourished children
• Separation from family? orphaned, homeless
  children

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• Child soldiers under 18 yearsof age
• Forced or best chance forsurvival
• Fighters, servants, spies,sex slaves

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Child Soldiers Reporting Checklist

• Names
• Numbers
• Sex

• Commander(s)
• Unit
• Place of origin,family

• Condition

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• Prevent
• Assist
• Monitor, report
• Advocate, educate
• Support agencies

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• Uphold human rights
• Monitor, report violations
• Protect children

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• Childrens rights
• Impacts of conflict
• How peacekeepers can help