http://www.crin.org/docs/Germany_German Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers_OPAC Report GE.pdf

This Shadow Report Child Soldiers 2013 provides supplementary information on the Third and Fourth State Report of the Federal Republic of Germany on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

and the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict. The key aspects are:

o Recruitment of 17-year olds into the German armed forces and inadequate promotion activities in schools and at other occasions – sometimes addressing children as young as 8-10 years old

o German arms exports (including small arms) to conflict countries where they may end up in the hands of child soldiers

o Inadequate asylum procedures for unaccompanied minor refugees restricting for example the access to psychological counseling centers or appropriate accommodation

Previous CRC - NGO Alternative Report items

• 21/01/2013: Kuwaiti Bedoons Movement Report
• 21/01/2013: Kuwaiti Bedoons Movement Report
• 10/01/2013: Sexuality and Gender Issues Affecting Children in Guyana: A Joint Submission under the CRC
• 05/01/2013: Human Line Organization's Parallel Report to the State of Kuwait's 2nd Periodic Report to the CRC Committee
• 05/01/2013: Human Line Organization's Parallel Report to the State of Kuwait's 2nd Periodic Report to the CRC Committee

Contact Information:

www.kindersoldaten.info
www.kindersoldaten.info

Last updated 29/11/2013 11:15:19

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