How to Fight, How to Kill:
Child Soldiers in Liberia

Map of Liberia

Summary

Recommendations

To the National Transitional Government of Liberia (including representatives from the former Armed Forces of Liberia, government paramilitary and militia forces, LURD, and MODEL)
To All Donor Countries to Liberia
To the Government of the United States
To the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
To the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
To the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)


Background

Recruitment of Children
LURD Advance
Government Forces
Children with MODEL


Roles and Responsibilities of Child Soldiers

Enslavement and Forced Labor of Children
Life with the Forces
Girls in the Forces


Current Status of Child Soldiers

Official Response

Legal Standards

The Future for Child Soldiers in Liberia

Education


Acknowledgments

February 2004     Vol. 16, No. 2 (A)