Child abduction and trafficking in children were also a grave problem.

The rise of child abduction in Madagascar has become an international incident.

UNMIL has taken some initial steps, outside of the DDRR process, to address the problems of child abduction.

Under age recruitment, in particular if based on the abduction of the child, constitutes a serious human rights violation.

That can only be realized if children can be saved from forceful abduction by terrorists to become child soldiers.

In the current economic settings, a few criminals have taken up a sordid way to make a living child abduction.

UNICEF's efforts to prevent abduction, sexual exploitation and abuse, and other child rights violations are grounded at the community level.

Programmes for the rehabilitation and reintegration of former child soldiers should be designed in a way precluding re abduction and recruitment.

In 2002, the Child Abduction Project determined its 2002 2006 objective as the reunification of at least 4,000 abducted children with their respective families.

Another factor that could lead to renewed instances of child abduction are renewed population movements connected with the return of IDPs and refugees to their homes.

Many reports state that former perpetrators of kidnapping were released weeks before the recent spike in child abduction, emphasizing the dysfunction of the justice system in Madagascar.

Indeed, the LTTE has been accused of a range of human rights violations, in addition to such killings, including abduction, child conscription, and using civilians as human shields.

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The abduction of children in Liberia remains a complex issue as many children were variously affected, including through forcible recruitment into armed groups, coercion into commercial sex, and child trafficking.

The act of abduction violates all the rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which all African countries are parties, with the exception of Somalia.

Increasingly, today's conflicts rely upon child soldiers,3 who are commonly recruited and used against their will, through abduction, kidnapping, enslavement and coercion or intimidation of their parents or guardians.

Given the increasing incidence of sexual violence, child abduction and the use of child soldiers, it is more important than ever to have a strong message, as in the draft resolution, to all parties to a conflict to refrain from such actions.

The climax of such child abduction criminal trend was the release of Raisya, a 4 year old pre nursery student yesterday afternoon after being kidnapped for about 9 days in Jakarta.

Condemns the practice of abduction of children

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By 2007, both the United States, European authorities, and NGO's had begun serious interest in the use of mediation as a means by which some international child abduction cases may be resolved.

Encourages the independent expert for the study on violence against children to complete his study on the protection of children against all forms of physical and mental violence, including child abduction in Africa

Abduction and hostage taking are prohibited in all circumstances.

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(f) The recruitment and use of child soldiers by armed forces and groups, including the abduction of children throughout the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in contravention of international human rights standards

While UNHCR works actively to counter abduction of children in refugee camps, it should be noted that abduction of refugees in urban settings is a bigger problem.

The Committee notes with satisfaction that the State party has ratified the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction of 1980 but remains concerned that problems persist in the implementation of this Convention.

The Child rights project will focus on developing systems at national and grass roots levels for monitoring, reporting and addressing violations of children's rights including abduction and on facilitating the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child following the examination of Liberia's initial report to the Committee.

Viet Nam's principled position is to reject all acts of abduction.

(o) Take the necessary steps, as a matter of extreme urgency and in a comprehensive manner, to prevent the abduction of children by the Lord's Resistance Army and to facilitate the reintegration of former child soldiers into society

(d) The efforts of the Government of the Sudan to combat the abduction of persons, in particular the work of the Committee on Elimination of Abduction of Women and Children

(f) The efforts of the Government of the Sudan to combat the abduction of persons, in particular the work of the Committee on Elimination of Abduction of Women and Children

(d) The efforts of the Government of the Sudan to combat the abduction of persons, in particular the work of the Committee for the Eradication of Abduction of Women and Children

Encourages the independent expert to direct an in depth study of the question of violence against children to complete his study on the protection of children against all forms of physical and mental violence, including child abduction in Africa

However, Japan's abduction of Korean people has not been settled at all.

(j) The abduction of women and children by tribal groups and other militias

People started to talk about abduction all over again, Meaza Ashenafi recalls now.

Eighteen cases of abduction by FNL were reported during the period in review.

The reports pay particular attention to the need to have a clear picture not only of the recruitment of child soldiers, but also of attacks against schools and hospitals, the blockage of humanitarian access, sexual and gender based violence against children, and abduction.

He also asked whether specific initiatives might be taken both nationally and internationally to improve the situation of women in Afghanistan. He said he would also like to know what measures might be adopted to combat child abduction and trafficking in children.

A German court has now issued arrest warrants for those involved in his abduction.

Shell has closed key facilities in the Delta after the abduction of several workers.

(l) To stop immediately the abduction and murder of relief workers by the armed groups