28 March 2002: CRIN Children and Armed Conflict issue 48 - COALITION TO STOP THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS: Child Soldiers Newsletter, March 2002 Edition [publication] - ARMED CONFLICT: Action for the Rights of Children - ARC [publication] - SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN: Children and Armed Conflict Caucus [request for information] - SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN: CRIN News Coverage [request for information] Your submissions are welcome if you are working in the area of children and conflict. To contribute, email us at info@crin.org. Please note that we are unable to respond to emails addressed to crinmail_armed_conflict@domeus.co.uk --------------------------------------------------- - COALITION TO STOP THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS: Child Soldiers Newsletter, March Edition [publication] The March issue of the Child Soldiers Newsletter is now available. This issue contains a special feature on 12 February 2002 and 'Red Hand Day 'events held around the world, commemorating the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. It also contains the following features: child soldier news; demobilisation and rehabilitation updates; voices of youth; an action appeal - child soldiers on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); and other CSC activities & international events. The editorial for this issue focuses on the issue of protection not punishment. This issue can be viewed on the Coalition?s website as a pdf document at the following link: http://www.child-soldiers.org/CSNewsletterMarch2002.pdf. Versions in Word and HTML can also be access from the main page of the Coalition website; see http://www.child-soldiers.org For further information, please contact: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Unit 2 / O, Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London N1 3QP, UK. Tel: 00 44 207 226 0606; Fax: 00 44 20 7226 0208; Email: info@child-soldiers.org; Website: www.child-soldiers.org http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=1992&flag=report ---------------------------------------------- - ARMED CONFLICT: Action for the Rights of Children - ARC [publication] This publication describes the series of resource packs that have been developed to focus attention on the rights and needs of children affected by armed conflict. ARC resource packs are divided into two categories: Foundations and Critical Issues. Each resource pack consists of briefing notes, participatory training materials including case studies, and training aids that encourage field and headquarters staff to integrate their experience into regional situations. In addition, a Facilitator's Toolkit gives the potential facilitator ideas about participatory training approaches. For more information contact: UNHCR Centre for Documentation and Research Case Postale 2500, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Tel: 00 41 22 739 8169; Fax: 00 41 22 739 7367; Email: HQLB00@unhcr.ch Website: www.unhcr.ch/refworld/refworld.htm See: http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/+dwwBme0l+H_wwwwnwwwwwwwmFqA7 or go to: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2482&flag=report --------------------------------------------------- - SPECIAL SESSION: Children and Armed Conflict Caucus [request] This message is ONLY FOR those NGOs who participated in the Children and Armed Conflict Caucus at the Special Session PrepComs. Input is requested on a possible Special Session Children and Armed Conflict event. There may be an opportunity for an NGO speaker to participate in one of the UN panel discussions focusing on monitoring and reporting on Children and Armed Conflict. If you have suggestions for a possible speaker who has experience in this area and is from one of the conflict regions, then please contact Julia Freedson at the address below. Ideally, this person would already be attending the Special Session in New York, although if this is not the case, the organisers may be able to make special arrangements. For further information or to forward suggestions for speakers, please contact: Julia Freedson Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children 122 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10168, USA. Tel: 00 1 212 551 2743; Fax: 00 1 212 551 3180; Email: juliaf@womenscommission.org --------------------------------------------------- - SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN: CRIN News Coverage [request for information] The Child Rights Information Network is now finalising its news coverage for the forthcoming UN General Assembly Special Session on Children. This will involve sharing information through CRIN's regular Special Session CRINMAIL email service, Special Session theme desk on the website in the run-up to the Special Session and news coverage during the event itself. With less than two months before this historic event for children takes place in New York, USA, the importance for actively sharing information about events, publications, resources and news cannot be underestimated. This Special Session will mark a commitment by the international community to improve the rights and situation of the world's children during the next 10 years, and its outcome 'A World Fit for Children' will act as an action plan to shape positive development for children in the future. To support this process of active information exchange, please email CRIN any information or updates you would like to share relating to the Special Session on Children. CRIN will be sending out regular updates in the run up to the Special Session in addition to disseminating daily updates during the Special Session itself. To subscribe to the Special Session CRINMAIL, please send a blank email to crin_specialsession-subscribe@domeus.co.uk or contact info@crin.org. To subscribe on-line, go to http://www.crin.org/email/index.asp. Archives of the service, including the PrepCom Updates of the Third Preparatory Meeting of the Substantive Committee, can also be viewed at: http://www.domeus.co.uk/forum/crin_specialsession The CRIN Newsletter, issue 14, on the Special Session, is available in pdf version at: http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/CRINvol14SpecialSessione.pdf [English] ttp://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/CRIN_Newsletter14Fre.pdf [French] http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/CRIN_Newsletter14Spa.pdf [Spanish] Hard copies are also available on request. CRIN's Special Session themedesk can be viewed at: http://www.crin.org/specialsession To share information about your preparations for the Special Session, please contact us by email at: info@crin.org or at the address below. The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) c/o Save the Children 17, Grove Lane, London, SE5 8RD, UK. 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