RWANDA LASTING WOUNDS:
Consequences of Genocide and War for Rwanda's Children
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I. Introduction

II. Recommendations

Supplementary Material

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To the Rwandan Government:
To Rwanda's International Donors and UNICEF:

III. Background

IV. Children Attacked

Children Targeted in the Genocide
Children as Victims of Combat
Children as Tools of Violence

V. "Justice Has Left Us": No Longer Children, Accused of Genocide

Legal Responsibility of Children for Genocide
Note on Ages
Arbitrary Arrests
Miscarriage of Justice: Detention and Mistreatment of Children below the Age of Criminal Responsibility
Justice Delayed: Criminal Cases Dragging on for Years
Conditions of Detention

VI. Children without Parents: Victims of Abuse and Exploitation

Children on Their Own during the Emergency: 1994 - 1997
Still Alone: Children Today
Domestic Labor Exploitation
Denial of the Right to Education
Denial of Property Rights
Rwandan Law and Practice

VII. Children on the Streets

Life on the Streets
Police Violence
Sexual Violence against Street Girls

VIII. The Role of the International Community

IX. International Legal Standards

Juvenile Justice
Freedom from Abuse and Exploitation

Acknowledgments