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Slide 1
SGTM 5 C: Child Protection
SGTM 5 C: Child ProtectionSGTM 5 C: Child Protection
Slide 2
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?
Slide 3
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
Slide 4
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
Slide 5
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
Slide 6
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
Slide 7
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
Slide 8
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
Slide 9
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
Slide 10
SGTM 5 C: Child Protection
Prevent
Assist
Monitor, report
Advocate, educate
Support agencies
Prevent
Assist
Monitor, report
Advocate, educate
Support agencies
Slide 11
SGTM 5 C: Child Protection
Uphold human rights
Monitor, report violations
Protect children
Uphold human rights
Monitor, report violations
Protect children
Slide 12
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