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ICC Issued Guilty Verdict for Congolese Warlord Guilty Who Used Child Soldiers

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

According to The Washington Post, the ICC issued its first verdict in its 10 year history Wednesday against a Congolesewarlord for using child soldiers. Thomas Lubanga will be sentenced later this year and faces a maximum of life in prison. This … Continue reading →

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On Kony 2012 [UPDATED]

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Reblogged from The Daily What: On Kony 2012: I honestly wanted to stay as far away as possible from KONY 2012, the latest fauxtivist fad sweeping the web (remember “change your Facebook profile pic to stop child abuse”?), but you clearly won’t stop … Continue reading →

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Children abducted from school to join forces in Somalia

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

According to BBC News, Human Rights Watch has reported that children in Somalia have been abducted from their classrooms, taken to training camps and forced to fight for Islamist militants. Child soldiers have been used in Somalia for quite some … Continue reading →

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Looking back: 10 years after UN treaty against child soldiers

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

The article below is taken from Human Rights Watch. It explores the triumphs and the work still needed to be done since the enactment of the international law, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on … Continue reading →

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