SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 1 SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Slide 2  Children’s rights  Impacts of conflict  Protection activities  What can we do?  Children’s rights  Impacts of conflict  Protection activities  What can we do?

SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 3  Who is a child?  Girls and boys vulnerable  War violates rights  Who is a child?  Girls and boys vulnerable  War violates rights

SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 4 Every peacekeeper must uphold international principles of children’s rights

SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 5 Convention on the Rights of the Child  Article 3: Acting in best interests  Article 12: Express own views freely  Article 3: Acting in best interests  Article 12: Express own views freely

SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 6  Basic needs denied  Sexual abuse  Land mines, violence  Refugees, displacement  Basic needs denied  Sexual abuse  Land mines, violence  Refugees, displacement

SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 7 Violence → traumatized children Poor food and health care → malnourished children Separation from family → orphaned, homeless children Violence → traumatized children Poor food and health care → malnourished children Separation from family → orphaned, homeless children

SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 8  Child soldiers: under 18 years of age  Forced or best chance for survival  Fighters, servants, spies, sex slaves  Child soldiers: under 18 years of age  Forced or best chance for survival  Fighters, servants, spies, sex slaves

SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 9 Child Soldiers Reporting Checklist  Names  Numbers  Sex  Names  Numbers  Sex  Commander(s)  Unit  Place of origin, family  Commander(s)  Unit  Place of origin, family  Condition

SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 10  Prevent  Assist  Monitor, report  Advocate, educate  Support agencies  Prevent  Assist  Monitor, report  Advocate, educate  Support agencies

SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 11  Uphold human rights  Monitor, report violations  Protect children  Uphold human rights  Monitor, report violations  Protect children

SGTM 5 C: Child Protection Slide 12  Children’s rights  Impacts of conflict  How peacekeepers can help  Children’s rights  Impacts of conflict  How peacekeepers can help