By updating our understanding of the ‘child soldier’ phenomenon for the 21st century, we will be better able to protect the rights of all children globally, in line with the missions of the CRC and ...

Feruary 12, 2002 - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a former child soldier from Sudan plant red hands in Geneva to mark the entry into force of a new UN treaty to stop the use of child ...

Former child soldiers, forced to commit unimaginable acts of violence, have to navigate the scars of war and rebuild their lives. On Red Hand Day, stories from Sierra Leone offer a glimpse into ...

Some 250,000 children are being abused as soldiers around the world. Today’s International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers (Red Hand Day) is drawing attention to their plight. Germany is ...

According to UNICEF there are 250,000 children forced to fight in wars and armed conflicts around the world. On this Red Hand Day for Child Soldiers we talk to a teenage survivor from South Sudan ...

Coronavirus pandemic feared driving more children into armed groups as world marks Red Hand Day ...

Red Hand Day Philipp Sandner / mc02/12/2013 Red Hand Day recalls the trauma of child soldiers and the help they need readjusting to civilian life. A recent ICC ruling granted compensation for war ...

The problem persists because children’s presence on the battlefield throws the training and ethics of professional soldiers off balance. Children are widely considered innocent, harmless, and ...

The report said 186 children were recruited by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP) dissident ...

Children of soldiers deployed to Ukraine are increasingly being classified as “at-risk” and removed from their homes to state-run orphanages and boarding schools, according to reports from ...