ENGAGING WITH ARMED ACTORS TO PROTECT CHILDREN

 

Armed actors are key to the protection of children in armed conflict, and to ensuring safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access.

 

  • Work with parties to armed conflict to ensure their full compliance with IHL (International Humanitarian Law)

  • Enact and enforce national laws and regulations that criminalise violations of international humanitarian law as well as human rights violations and abuses against children
  • Take all feasible and appropriate measures to further integrate IHL into military doctrine, education, and training, and into all levels of military planning and decision-making

  • Parties to conflict listed in the Secretary-General’s annual report on CAAC develop and or implement Action Plans to end and prevent violations of international law against children and develop CAAC road map with the UN where Action Plan implementation is delayed

  • For parties to conflict not listed in the Secretary-General’s annual report on CAAC, develop and implement prevention plans on violations of international law against children

  • Establish and implement handover protocols for all children associated with armed forces and armed groups, encountered during military operations and children in military custody, to civilian child protection personnel for their protection and reintegration

  • Conduct awareness-raising and training on child rights and protection, including on relevant obligations of international humanitarian and human rights law
  • Fully implement UN Security Council Resolution 2664 to safeguard the operational space for humanitarian actors and avoid negative unintended impact of UN sanctions on humanitarian actors

  • Endorse and implement the Safe Schools Declaration and accompanying Guidelines for protecting schools and universities from military use during armed conflict

  • Endorse and implement the Paris Commitments to Protect Children from Unlawful Recruitment or Use by Armed Forces or Armed Groups and the accompanying Paris Principles

  • Implement the UN Security Council Resolution 2601 to protect education in armed conflict

  • Endorse and implement the Vancouver Principles 

  • Include the needs and views of children in all national and UN Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) planning processes, frameworks, and funding allocations, at the earlies possible stages, consistent with the Integrated DDR Standards (IDDRS) 




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