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No Place for Children
Child Recruitment, Forced Marriage, and Attacks on Schools in Somalia
Map of Somalia
Summary
Key
Recommendations
To the
Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, and Transitional Federal
Institutions
To
al-Shabaab
To Foreign
Parties to the Conflict: AMISOM and the African Union, Kenya, and Ethiopia
To All
States and the Donor Community in Somalia
To the UN
Security Council and the UN Human Rights Council
To the
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Other Child Protection
Agencies in Somalia and Kenya
Methodology
I.
Background
Brief
Summary of Somalia’s Conflict
Major
Parties to the Conflict
Drought,
Famine, and al-Shabaab’s Restrictions on Humanitarian Access
Children in
the Somali Conflict
II.
Recruitment and Use of Children as Soldiers
Al-Shabaab
Children in
TFG Forces and in TFG Custody
TFG Commitments
to End Recruitment and Use of Children
III. Forced
Marriage and Rape of Girls by al-Shabaab
Forced and
Early Marriage by al-Shabaab
Rape by
al-Shabaab
IV.
Al-Shabaab Attacks on Schools, Teachers, and Students
Laws-of-War
Violations Involving Schools
Recruitment
of Children from Schools
Abuses
against Teachers
Control of
Curriculum and Restrictions on Girls
Impact of
Attacks on Students and Teachers
V. Role of
International Actors
VI.
International Legal Standards
Child
Recruitment
Treatment of
Captured Children
Forced
Marriage and Rape
Rape
Right to
Education
Recommendations
To the
Transitional Federal Government:
To
al-Shabaab
To
TFG-Affiliated Militias
To Foreign
Parties to the Conflict: AMISOM and the African Union, Kenya, and Ethiopia
To All
States and the Donor Community in Somalia
To the UN
Security Council and the UN Human Rights Council
To the
Somalia Country Task Team of the UN-led Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on
Children and Armed Conflict in Somalia
To the
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Other Child Protection
Agencies in Somalia and Kenya
To the UN
Political Office for Somalia and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights
To the UN
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
To the EU,
UNHCR, and UNICEF in Uganda
To the
United States Congress
To UNHCR,
UNICEF, and Other UN Agencies Working in Kenya and Ethiopia
Acknowledgements
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