Achievements

The Coalition has been at the forefront of efforts to ban the recruitment and use of child soldiers. Its achievements include:

• Playing an instrumental role in the negotiation, adoption and entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (see Developments).

• Actively engaging influential inter-governmental agencies, such as the UN Security Council, the Human Security Network, the European Union, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the International Labour Organization.

• Publishing three Child Soldiers Global Reports, providing comprehensive country-by-country information on child recruitment and use worldwide, as well as numerous reports and briefings on the use of children in armed conflict by government forces and armed political groups.

• Publishing research on issues relevant to child soldiers including gender and sexual exploitation, displacement, juvenile justice and the reintegration of former child soldiers into their communities.

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