2005 Abduction of children in Africa

Condemns the practice of abduction of children

Abduction of children in Africa

Internally displaced persons 189

Abduction of children in Africa 13 174

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

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Child abductions, the recruitment and use of child soldiers, and the denial of access to vital services have a profound impact on children.

The Malagasy population feels completely helpless in the face of this wave of children kidnapping.

Indeed, UNHCR has on repeated occasions arranged the relocation of camps and or persons of concern.

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.

...turning the girls into sex slaves... ...and the boys into child soldiers.

Question of Western Sahara (7 April 2005) 360

It is believed that many Afghan children remain at risk of exploitation, and that child kidnapping and trafficking cases are greatly underreported.

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(h) The magnitude of the problem of abduction of children by the Lord's Resistance Army, in particular in northern Uganda

Calls upon Member States to put an end to impunity and to take appropriate steps to identify those responsible for child abductions and bring them to justice

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.

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Abduction of children

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

The focus here is very much on the Hague Conventions on international child abduction, adoption and the protection of children.

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B. Abduction of foreigners

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

Trial of Wilhelm List (the Hostages trial).

By creating and strengthening community support systems, the risk of children being abducted or recruited into the fighting forces will be reduced.

Raids on camps and villages and abductions of children for recruitment purposes have multiplied once again in northern Uganda in recent months.

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The child kidnapping issue is the theme of an upcoming documentary called Living with Dead Hearts The Search for China's Kidnapped Children by Charles Custer.

The abduction and recruitment of children, trafficking in small arms and light weapons and the illicit exploitation of natural resources often go together and reinforce each other.

In paragraph 16, the resolution requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit at its sixty first session a report on the abduction of children in Africa.

Children are sometimes abducted for short periods of time, often in the course of a sexual attack, and are then released.

The Committee welcomes the ratification of the Hague Convention No. 33 on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.

(b) Consider ratifying the Hague Convention No. 33 on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.

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(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

On that occasion, she chaired the session on Vulnerability of children in armed conflict with respect to exploitation, violence and sexual abuse and disseminated the resolution and a background paper on the abduction of children in Africa.

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.

Sami was planning a kidnapping.

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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

In that regard, I would also like to draw the Council's attention to the domestic and regional implications of the continued abduction and recruitment of children in northern Uganda.