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Bolivia Bolivia: Child Soldier Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Almost half of Bolivia’s armed forces are under 18, including some children as young as 14. Poor adolescents are targeted for conscription. June 12, 2001 Bolivia: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Bolivia signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and was the first country of South America to deposit its instrument of ratification with the UN on 9 June 1998. Bolivia has not enacted national implementation legislation.29 Bolivia participated in the First Meeting of State Parties (FMSP) in Maputo in May 1999. In her statement to the plenary, Barbara Canedo Patiño, Director General of Multilateral Issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called on the countries which had not signed or ratified the treaty to do so as soon as possible, protested against new deployments of AP mines, encouraged states parties to correctly implement the treaty and described her government's support for the contribution of the ICBL and the ICRC. She went on to note, "Bolivia gives priority to the Ottawa Convention and confirms its commitment to fulfilling the terms of the Convention. August 1, 2000 Bolivia Under Pressure Human Rights Violations and Coca Eradication In 1995, under strong pressure from the U.S., the Bolivian government began an aggressive coca eradication effort that was strongly resisted by coca growers. Periods of negotiation alternated with outbursts of violence in the Chapare, the sub-tropical region in which thousands of poor farmers produce most of the Bolivian coca. In its efforts to quell their opposition to eradication and to meet its eradication goals, the Bolivian government has engaged in serious human rights abuses such as excessive use of force, arbitrary detention, and the suppression of peaceful demonstrations. The primary agents of this abuse are troops of the Mobil Rural Patrol Unit, the rural antinarcotics police controlled by the Ministry of Government. HRW Index No.: B804 May 1, 1996 Human Rights Violations and the War on Drugs Bolivia, one of the world’s leading producers of coca leaf and refined cocaine, is also the largest recipient of U.S. counter-narcotics aid. The aid has led to new legislation, institutions and antinarcotics strategies in Bolivia that are shaped by U.S. concerns and dependent on U.S. funding. But this aid has also supported programs and policies deeply flawed by human rights abuses, including prolonged detention of suspects even after their acquittal, due process violations by antinarcotics police, alleged torture, and impunity for law enforcement personnel accused of violations among both the Bolivian and U.S. forces. HRW Index No.: B708 July 1, 1995 The Trial of Responsibilities The Garcia Meza Tejada Trial On April 21, 1993, the Bolivian Supreme Court delivered a historic verdict, sentencing a former military dictator and forty-seven collaborators to lengthy prison terms for human rights violations, the disruption of a democratic government, and other offenses. This report reviews the verdict of the Bolivian Supreme Court. HRW Index No.: B506 September 1, 1993
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