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State Collusion in Abductions and Child Recruitment by the Karuna Group
Map
of Sri Lanka
Map of Karuna Group Abductions
and Camps
I. Summary
Methodology
II. Recommendations
To
the Karuna Group (TMVP and its military wing)
To
the Government of Sri Lanka..
To
the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
To
All Donor Governments
To
the United Nations Security Council
To
All United Nations Member States
III. Background
Abuses
Since the 2002 Ceasefire..
Karuna's
Break from the LTTE
Escalation
of Fighting Since mid-2006
IV. Abductions and Forced Recruitment by the Karuna Group
Abductions
in 2006
Patterns
of Karuna Group Abductions
Family
Contact
Releases
and Escapes
Numbers
Inaction
by Police..
V. Government Complicity and Official Denials
Forces
in the East
Denunciation
by the UN..
Karuna's
Response..
Abductions
Persist
VI. Accounts of Karuna Group: Abductions and Forced
Recruitment
Case
1 - Boy and Young Man in Batticaloa District, May
Case
2 - Eight Boys and Young Men in Batticaloa District, June..
Case
3 - Thirteen Boys and Young Men in Batticaloa District, June..
Case
4 -Two Cousins in Batticaloa District, June..
Case
5 - Fourteen Boys and Young Men in Batticaloa District, September
Case
6 - Two Boys in Batticaloa District, September
Case
7 - Boy in Trincomalee Town, September
Case
8 - Twelve Boys and Young Men in Ampara District, October
Case
9 - Two Boys and a Young Man in Batticaloa District, October
VII. LTTE Recruitment of Children
VIII. UN Security Council Action on Child Recruitment
IX. Legal Standards
International
Prohibition of Child Soldier Recruitment
Child
Recruitment as a War Crime..
Abduction
and Forced Recruitment
Sri
Lanka's Anti-Terrorism Laws
Acknowledgements
Appendix I. Letter to President Rajapakse
Appendix II. Letter to TMVP
Appendix III. Letter to LTTE
Appendix IV. Letter from Tamilselvan..
Appendix V. Regulations
for the Military Division of TMVP..