News from partners

Former child soldier Emmanuel Jal is now a hip hop star with a message of peace - Interview with UNICEF (August 2008)

The video-documentary "Les enfants perdus de Cité Soleil" produced by the MINUSTAH Child Protection Unit selected for the Montreal International Haitian Film Festival (September 2008)

The Research Program on Children and Global Adversity at the Harvard School of Public Health/François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights teamed with Psychology Beyond Borders to publish a state of the field report: Psychosocial Adjustment and Social Reintegration of Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (June 2008).

The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict has conducted a global study on the implementation of the UN-led Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM), a key component of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1612. (January 2008)

Ford Institute, New York: On 31 October 2007 Alec Wargo, Program Officer in the Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, spoke at the Ford Institute for Human Security regarding his work with child soldiers.

The Story of the Future: An animated report warning that 30 million children, most in conflict areas, may still be out of school by MDG target year 2015. (June 2007)
Last in line, Last in school: Report on the lack of funding for education in conflict areas.

Children in the ranks: Human Rights Watch supports the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007, in order to encourage governments to disarm, demobilize, and rehabilitate child soldiers from government forces and government-supported paramilitaries. (June 2007)

Education under attack: a UNESCO global study on targeted political and military violence against education staff, students, teachers, union and government officials, and educational institutions. (April 2007)

Wilton Park Conference: Children and armed conflict, towards a policy consensus and future agenda, ten years after the Machel Study (April 2007).