The Free Children from War Conference was a conference co-hosted by the French government and UNICEF on 5–6 February 2007 in Paris, France. The goal of the conference was to bring together countries, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations to discuss the issue of child soldiers . The 59 involved countries signed the Paris Principles and Paris Commitments, which update the Cape Town Principles and outline a practical approach to preventing the use of child soldiers and the reintegration of current child soldiers.[1] The Principles define a child associated with an armed force or armed group as:
... any person below 18 years of age who is or who has been recruited or used by an armed force or armed group in any capacity, including but not limited to children, boys and girls, used as fighters, cooks, porters, messengers, spies or for sexual purposes. It does not only refer to a child who is taking or has taken a direct part in hostilities. (p. 7).
free, children, from, conference, free, children, from, conference, conference, hosted, french, government, unicef, february, 2007, paris, france, goal, conference, bring, together, countries, governmental, organizations, international, organizations, discuss,. The Free Children from War Conference was a conference co hosted by the French government and UNICEF on 5 6 February 2007 in Paris France The goal of the conference was to bring together countries non governmental organizations and international organizations to discuss the issue of child soldiers The 59 involved countries signed the Paris Principles and Paris Commitments which update the Cape Town Principles and outline a practical approach to preventing the use of child soldiers and the reintegration of current child soldiers 1 The Principles define a child associated with an armed force or armed group as any person below 18 years of age who is or who has been recruited or used by an armed force or armed group in any capacity including but not limited to children boys and girls used as fighters cooks porters messengers spies or for sexual purposes It does not only refer to a child who is taking or has taken a direct part in hostilities p 7 Contents 1 Attendees 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksAttendees edit59 countries attended the conference Afghanistan Austria Belgium Benin Brazil Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Canada Chad China Colombia Cote d Ivoire Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Ghana Greece Haiti Hungary Indonesia Ireland Italy Japan Liberia Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Monaco Nepal Netherlands Niger Norway Peru Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Congo Romania Russia Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Sweden Switzerland Timor Uganda and the United Kingdom 2 See also editChildren in the military Child soldiers in Africa Convention on the Rights of the Child Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed ConflictReferences edit 1 Archived 2018 01 14 at the Wayback Machine UNICEF press release 2 List of attendeesExternal links editFull text of the Paris Commitments Full text of the Paris Principles Child Soldiers International Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Free Children from War conference amp oldid 1124734080, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
