Description:
I Summary:
The Government of Burma?s Armed Forces: The Tatmadaw;
Government Failure to Address Child Recruitment;
Non-state Armed Groups;
The Local and International Response...
II Recommendations 14
To the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) 14
To All Non-state Armed Groups 17
To the Governments of Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, India, and China 18
To the Government of Thailand 18
To the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 18
To UNICEF 19
To the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and
Armed Conflict 20
To Member States of the United Nations 20
To the UN Security Council 21
To the International Labour Organization 21
To the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human
Rights in Myanmar 21
III Methodology22
IV Background24
V The Tatmadaw: The State Military 29
The Tatmadaw?s Staffing Crisis29
Recruitment 32
Key Factors in Child Recruitment33
Children as Commodities: The Recruit Market 41
Recruitment of the Very Young 43
The Su Saun Yay Recruit Holding Camps45
Training 50
Deployment and Active Duty 56
Combat 60
Abuses against Civilians62
Desertion, Imprisonment, and Re-recruitment 63
The Future of Tatmadaw Child Recruitment68
The Government of Burma?s Response to the Recruitment and Use of Child
Soldiers 68
The Committee for the Prevention of Military Recruitment of Underage
Children 71
Demobilization73
Reintegration76
Measures for Raising Awareness77
Enforcement of Recruitment Laws and Regulations 81
Government Cooperation with International Agencies 84
VI Child Soldiers in Non-State Armed Groups 94
United Wa State Army 97
Karenni Army 98
Karen National Liberation Army 102
Shan State Army ? South 105
Kachin Independence Army 107
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army 109
Kachin Defense Army 111
Mon National Liberation Army 112
Karenni Nationalities People?s Liberation Front 113
Shan Nationalities People?s Liberation Army 115
Rebellion Resistance Force116
KNU-KNLA Peace Council117
VII The International Response120
The United Nations Security Council 120
United Nations Country Team 122
UNICEF 123
ILO 124
Neighboring country and cross-border initiatives 125
VIII Legal Standards 129
Child Recruitment as a War Crime 130
International Standards on Demobilization, Reintegration, and
Rehabilitation 131
Acknowledgements 132
Appendices 133
Appendix A: SPDC Plan of Action regarding child soldiers 133
Appendix B: Human Rights Watch letter to the UN Mission of Myanmar,
August 22, 2007 137
Appendix C: Reply from the UN Mission of Myanmar, September 12, 2007 139
Appendix D: KNPP Deed of Commitment regarding child soldiers 142
Appendix E: KNLA Deed of Commitment regarding child soldiers 146
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Publication:
2007-10-31
Date of entry:
2007-10-31
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English