Resources



To begin your research you may find these sites helpful. If you find other sites as you are researching please send the link to Ms. Reierson so she can add it for the next classes doing this assignment.

[|The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict] - This Web site has a detailed description of the problem, of children and armed conflict. It also highlights the progress made so far. In addition, the site lists every country where children are involved in armed conflict. You can also look through the official UN documents here.

[|The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers]- This Web site has a comprehensive database on child soldiers around the world. It also offers a more in-depth look at the status of child soldiers in individual countries around the world.

[|BEYOND THE FIRE] website includes various text and audio stories of teenage refugees, as well as a [|Resources section].

[|World Map of Child Soldiers]

[|“Crimes of War” Web page]

[|Human Rights Watch Child Soldiers page]

[|Amnesty International: “War: A Child’s Game?”]

[|BBC “Children of Conflict” (child soldiers) page]

[|Official Site of Andrew Vachss Child Soldiers Resource page]

[|American Friends Service Committee Child Soldiers page]

[|Global March Against Child Labour Child Soldiers page]

[|CDI’s “Children and Armed Conflict” Project]