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conflict Diamonds The most enthralling accounts of crime, competition and diamond trade are what the media presents as that of ‘conflict diamonds'.... The real scoop about diamond trading has come from the poverty- ridden African countries since the end of 1900s, better known as conflict of ‘blood diamonds', or so to say, ‘conflict diamonds'.... Now that the war in Sierra Leone and Angola are over, and DRC is also cooling down, the problem of conflict diamonds still exist (Seigel, 133; conflict Diamonds: Did someone die for that diamond)....
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Essay
But the number of child soldiers who have fought and died in war and conflict around the world are hundreds of thousands even in the last ten years.... This research paper focuses on the issue of children that are used as soldiers in specific nations around the world to fight in war or other armed conflicts.... This research paper describes the issue when children are used as soldiers in specific nations around the world to fight in wars.... However, the researcher states that children are also forced to become a soldier due to lack of work, educational opportunities and poverty in various unstable regions in the world....
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Research Paper
A Critical Examination of International Law during Humanitarian Crisis & armed conflict.... By Course Institution Date Acknowledgements Certification Abstract The protection of children in humanitarian crises and armed conflict has always occupied a high priority in international political policies and debates.... Various international instruments impose upon contracting states a specific duty to protect children from all forms of violence and exploitation particularly during humanitarian crises and armed conflict....
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Dissertation
The modern nature of conflict saw the extensive use of muskets, cannons, and cavalry against opponents.... Throughout history, we do find a few examples of children being involved in armed conflicts.... They were also exceptions to the level of armed combat which children performed.... Children were only used for support roles as they could not be participants in armed combat.... Middle Ages Europe saw children help arm and maintain the Knights....
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(2500 words)
Term Paper
After the war, it was reported that Sierra Leones conflict involved about 6,914 child soldiers (Facts of Sierra Leone, 2011).... In the past three decades, numerous armed conflicts have involved children under the ages of 17, fighting in the frontlines as combatants.... n the heat of the Sierra Leonean War in 1997, AFROL News announced that about 5,400 children were involved in the war and this was in sync with the UNs official figures.... These children were recruited to take part in the Sierra Leonean Civil War that lasted between 1991 and 2001 (Sillinger, 2003: p3)....
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Essay
A child soldier is an individual below the age of 16 involved in an armed conflict around the world.... The paper "International Justice & Rehabilitation in Post-War Sierra Leone" focuses on the role of the international community in the conflict and inactions that promoted the child soldier sage analyzed from the perspective of international relations.... Examples of countries where child soldiers have been involved in conflict include Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Somalia....
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Thesis
On the other hand, child soldiers are young, and they have limited obligations so they are willing to fight for absolutely little and this means it is cheaper to bring them into an armed conflict.... This indicates that every armed group in a conflict will need to have sufficient funds to pay for all these things.... The United Nations' law forbids the mobilization and use of such persons in armed conflicts anywhere in the world.... Children were actively involved in armed conflicts around the world between the years 1988 and 2002....
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(2250 words)
Research Paper
This case study "Children's Roles as Child Soldiers" focuses on the findings of anthropologist Whiting, Franz Boas and psychologist Angela Veale so as to provide an enhanced understanding as to why children in Somalia take up the roles of being soldiers and participate in armed conflicts.... This view, known as the Straight 18 position, defines a child soldier as anyone who is 18 years and below, recruited or used by the army or armed group.... nside armed groups, child soldiers perform various roles....
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Case Study