Children
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"Myanmar gehört zu den Entwicklungsländern, die sich am meisten um das Wohlergehen der Kinder kümmern.? Das Zitat stammt aus dem zweiten Bericht über die Situation der Kinder, welcher die burmesischen Behörden im kommenden Mai dem UN-Komitee über die Rechte des Kindes (CRC)vorlegen werden. Ganz offensichtlich scheuen sich die burmesischen Militärmachthaber, die das Land in Myanmar umgetauft haben, nicht vor dicken Lügen auf dem internationalen Parkett. Denn: Die Lage der Kinder und Jugendlichen in Burma ist katastrophal, meinten einhellig die Fachleute aus Kinderschutz- und Menschenrechtsorganisationen, die anfangs Februar 2004 in Genf darüber berieten, wie der zunehmenden Ausbeutung von Kindern in Burma ein Riegel geschoben werden kann.
Christine Plüss
Source/publisher:
akte
Date of publication:
2004-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2004-05-19
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Deutsch, German
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"...The rights of the child have been given top priority in the global agenda since the World Summit for Children. The same is true with our national agenda. The Government of Myanmar is giving top priority to the children traditionally as well as legally. Since our accession to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, we have laid down and implemented programmes at the national level for the well-being and interests of children. On 14 July 1993, two years after the accession, we promulgated the Child Law. In September 1993, we formed a National Committee on the Rights of the Child to effectively and successfully implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Child Law..."
Source/publisher:
SPDC
Date of publication:
2002-05-10
Date of entry/update:
2003-09-16
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Individual Documents
Category:
Children
Language:
English
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Description:
The situation facing children
after 41 years of
military rule in Burma...
Some facts and figures on Burma;
Historical background: 41 years of dictatorship;
Standard of living in Burma;
Children in Burma:
1) Education;
2) Child labour;
3) Forced child labour 18;
4) Health 19:
Burmese children in Thailand;
1) Burmese people in Thailand;
2) Education of Burmese children in Thailand;
3) Child labour;
4) Health;
Burmese children in Bangladesh;
Conclusions.
Samuel Grumiau
Source/publisher:
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
Date of publication:
2003-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-08-23
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group, Children, Education in Burma/Myanmar - general
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English
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"People from Burma have become the major group of displaced persons in Thailand. Most of them are currently being sheltered
along the Thai-Burma border, particularly in the Thai provinces of Mae Hong Son, Tak, Kanchanaburi and Ranong. It is
estimated that there are some 40,000 children from Burma under the age of 15 accompanying their parents. In addition,
thousands of unaccompanied children are driven across the border by the desperate circumstances in Burma. ..."
Nyo Nyo
Source/publisher:
"Legal Issues on Burma Journal" No. 10 (Burma Lawyers' Council)
Date of publication:
2001-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Thailand-Burma relations, Policies towards Burmese migrants and refugees, Education of migrants from Burma
Language:
English
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The State Law and Order Restoration Council...
The Child Law...
(The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 9/93)-
The 11th Waning Day of 1st Waso, 1355 ME
(14 July, 1993)
Source/publisher:
State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Date of publication:
1993-07-14
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children's rights: standards and mechanisms, Children, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to children (texts), Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (State Law and Order Restoration Council), 1993
Language:
English
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Children and teenagers of the Kachin State, Northern Burma. 36 interviews with children and teenagers of Kachin State.
Source/publisher:
Project Maje
Date of publication:
1991-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Individual Documents
Category:
Children
Language:
English
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Description:
War against children in Burma. Additional keywords: forced relocation, forced labour, child soldiers.
Zahlen und Fakten zu Burma mit Bezug zu Kindern, einschließlich Kinderarbeit, Zwangsrekrutierung, Prostitution, Links zu weiteren Themen der Kinderarbeit. Studie "No childhood at all" zum Runterladen.
Source/publisher:
terre des hommes
Date of publication:
1996-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Children and armed conflict
Language:
Deutsch, German
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"Burma is believed to have more child soldiers than any other country in the world. The overwhelming majority of Burma's child soldiers are found in Burma's national army, the Tatmadaw Kyi, which forcibly recruits children as young as eleven. These children are subject to beatings and systematic humiliation during training. Once deployed, they must engage in combat, participate in human rights abuses against civilians, and are frequently beaten and abused by their commanders and cheated of their wages. Refused contact with their families and facing severe reprisals if they try to escape, these children endure a harsh and isolated existence.
Children are also present in Burma's myriad opposition groups, although in far smaller numbers. Some children join opposition groups to avenge past abuses by Burmese forces against members of their families or community, while others are forcibly conscripted. Many participate in armed conflict, sometimes with little or no training, and after years of being a soldier are unable to envision a future for themselves apart from military service. Burma's military government, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), claims that all of its soldiers are volunteers, and that the minimum recruitment age is eighteen.4 However, testimonies of former soldiers interviewed for this report suggest that the vast majority of new recruits are forcibly conscripted, and that 35 to 45 percent may be children. Although there is no way to establish precise figures, data taken from the observations of former child soldiers who have served in diverse parts of Burma suggests that 70,000 or more of the Burma army's estimated 350,000 soldiers may be children..."
Kevin Heppner
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Date of publication:
2002-10-16
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Army, Children, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group, Children and armed conflict
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English
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"...The phenomenon of child soldiers in Burma can only be understood within the context of
militarization of the society as a whole. War in Burma has affected every segment of society,
its fallout having severest repercussions for the most disadvantaged groups. The political
instability engendered by civil war has left the country in economic crisis and has isolated
rural conflict areas from receiving badly-needed development assistance. NGO activities
have been severely curtailed, mitigating most attempts to correct the situation.
Consequently, many children in Burma are living in grinding poverty, uneducated and in
poor health, with under-age labour one of their few choices to make ends meet. The everpresent
reality of armed conflict is also deeply embedded in the consciousness of all Burma's
peoples. With 36% of all Burma's inhabitants under the age of l5,1 most of the country's
population have grown up under the shadow of civil war. The rapid expansion of the armed
forces since 1988 has both forced and encouraged recruitment of minors into the ranks. Army
entrance is sometimes perceived by children, especially orphans, as offering a protective
haven from hunger and abuse. Many children therefore see joining the armed forces of any of
the warring parties as their only means of survival. Unfortunately, research suggests that
they are likely to find it just the opposite. While Burma has acceded to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, as yet there is little indication that its provisions are being followed in
good faith, or that recruitment of children into the Tatmadaw has decreased..."
Source/publisher:
Images Asia, Thailand
Date of publication:
1997-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children and armed conflict, General/Strategic, Children
Language:
English
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Description:
1. Introduction;
1.1. Background;
1.2. Project Profile;
1.3. Project Objectives;
2. The Participatory Action Research (PAR) Process;
2.1. Methods of Working with Migrant Children and Youth;
2.2. Implementation Strategy;
2.3. Ethical Considerations;
2.4. Research Team;
2.5. Sites and Participants;
2.6. Establishing Research Guidelines;
2.7. Data Collection Tools;
2.8. Documentation;
2.9. Translation;
2.10Country and Regional Workshops;
2.11Analysis, Methods of Reporting Findings and Dissemination Strategy;
2.12. Obstacles and Limitations;
3. PAR Interventions;
3.1. Strengthening Social Structures;
3.2. Awareness Raising;
3.3. Capacity Building;
3.4. Life Skills Development;
3.5. Outreach Services;
3.6. Networking and Advocacy;
4. The Participatory Review;
4.1. Aims of the Review;
4.2. Review Guidelines;
4.3. Review Approach and Tools;
4.4. Summary of Review Outcomes;
4.4.1. Myanmar;
4.4.2. Thailand;
4.4.3. China;
5. Conclusion and Recommendations;
6. Bibliography of Resources.
Therese Caouette et al
Source/publisher:
Save the Children (UK)
Date of publication:
2001-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-04-30
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Migrant children and youth, Karen and other refugees from Burma in Thailand - general reports and articles, Migrants' rights: reports of violations, Child labour in Burma, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group, Trafficking: Burma-specific material, Ethnic groups in Burma: general studies and articles, Burmese and other stateless people in Thailand and Malaysia
Language:
English
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