Stolen Childhood

International Criminal Court (ICC) will once again fail to deliver justice to gross Child rights and Human rights violation cases in Congo. Armed wing of UPC (Union of Congolese Patriots) in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) allegedly kidnapped and.

The military junta ruled neighboring country of India, currently under crisis due to pro-democracy demonstrations is reportedly using all methods to recruit soldiers into its army. In a scathing report human rights watch a global NGO has alleged..

Continuous fight among DRC government troops and local Hutu and Tutsi militias in Congo deserves as much international attention as the condition of civilian is becoming worse. Here Congolese children, who must carry books and pen, usually learn to...

Globally efforts are being made to prevent the recruitment of child soldiers by the rebel powers. In this context, in the month of February, nearly 58 nations across the world signed an agreement titled the 'Paris Principles' so as to prevent any...

An analysis conducted by the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that children in those countries who were forced to fighting wars are more vulnerable to post-war disorders and hence more likely to have a revenge motive burning within.

War makes us remind of the soldiers fighting at borders for their nation. But only few of us would be reminded of those children, who carry heavier-than-themselves arms to eliminate the enemies of the nation. While not all of them may perish in the war,..

Children who are conscripted in the army would now taste the glimpse of homely atmosphere. According to authorities of the UN, radical leaders in the Central African Republic have agreed to begin sending several hundred child soldiers home to their...

While world attention has focused on child soldiers in Africa, industrialized countries also recruit teens under 18-a violation of the spirit if not the letter of international treaties. According to some critics, Britain allows the lowest recruitment.

Schoolgirls smiling, a rare picture hard to miss Walking bare-foot on the hard stones of life...but Alas life is a struggle and they have to take responsibilities of their siblings at a very young age. This girl has nothing to care...

Despite a high-level committee set up by the Myanmar government to crack down the recruitment of child soldiers by the armed forces, not much progress seems to be happening. Children's Rights Division, a Human Rights watch dog based in New York,..