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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

SGTM 5 C: Child ProtectionSGTM 5 C: Child Protection

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Children’s rights

Impacts of conflict

Protection activities

What can we do?

Children’s rights

Impacts of conflict

Protection activities

What can we do?

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Who is a child?

Girls and boys vulnerable

War violates rights

Who is a child?

Girls and boys vulnerable

War violates rights

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Every peacekeeper

must uphold international

principles of children’s

rights

Every peacekeeper

must uphold international

principles of children’s

rights

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Convention on the Rights of the ChildConvention 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

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Basic needs denied

Sexual abuse

Land mines, violence

Refugees, displacement

Basic needs denied

Sexual abuse

Land mines, violence

Refugees, displacement

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

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

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Child soldiers: under 18 yearsof age

Forced or best chance forsurvival

Fighters, servants, spies,sex slaves

Child soldiers: under 18 yearsof age

Forced or best chance forsurvival

Fighters, servants, spies,sex slaves

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Child Soldiers Reporting ChecklistChild Soldiers Reporting Checklist

Names

Numbers

Sex

Names

Numbers

Sex

Commander(s)

Unit

Place of origin,family

Commander(s)

Unit

Place of origin,family

Condition Condition

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Prevent

Assist

Monitor, report

Advocate, educate

Support agencies

Prevent

Assist

Monitor, report

Advocate, educate

Support agencies

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Uphold human rights

Monitor, report violations

Protect children

Uphold human rights

Monitor, report violations

Protect children

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SGTM 5 C: Child Protection

Children’s rights

Impacts of conflict

How peacekeepers can help

Children’s rights

Impacts of conflict

How peacekeepers can help